Is the observed association between dairy intake and fibroids in African Americans explained by genetic ancestry?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1114-1119

  Wise, Lauren A ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Ruiz Narvaez, Edward ^a   Reich, David E ^b   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; dairy products; genetic ancestry; leiomyoma; prospective studies

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; MILK; MORBIDITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; PORTION SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UTERUS MYOMA; DAIRY PRODUCT; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884915444     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt091     Document Type: Article

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