Table 2

Relative risk (RR) of breast cancer according to quintiles (Q) of nutrient intake during high school among women born between 1922 and 1946

Nutrient
Parameter
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
P for trend

Protein (g/day)
Median intake
34.9
50.1
61.3
73.3
93.5


Multivariate RR
1.0
0.92
0.98
0.88
0.88
0.27
Animal fat (g/day)
Median intake
25.5
39.7
51.2
64.2
84.7


Multivariate RR
1.0
0.98
0.95
0.94
1.01
0.96
Vegetable fat (g/day)
Median intake
5.4
9.3
12.2
17.8
28.3


Multivariate RR
1.0
1.12
1.13
0.96
0.85
0.05
Monounsaturated fat (g/day)
Median intake
13.3
19.4
24.4
29.9
39.8


Multivariate RR
1.0
1.01
0.90
0.95
0.89
0.28
Saturated fat (g/day)
Median intake
14.5
22.2
29.0
36.5
48.4


Multivariate RR
1.0
0.92
0.94
0.86
0.98
0.82
Total fat (g/day)
Median intake
35.5
52.3
66.2
81.5
107.5


Multivariate RR
1.0
1.11
0.86
1.0
0.92
0.32
Folate (μg/day)
Median intake
81.9
117
151
181
238


Multivariate RR
1.0
0.92
1.01
0.89
0.86
0.21
Vitamin A (IU/day)
Median intake
2063
3457
4901
7311
11,437


Multivariate RR
1.0
1.01
0.95
1.13
1.02
0.63
Retinol (IU/day)
Median intake
612
1001
1378
1814
5542


Multivariate RR
1.0
1.06
0.89
1.02
1.05
0.59
Carotenoid (IU/day)
Median intake
1053
2030
3214
4832
9253


Multivariate RR
1.0
1.14
1.08
1.16
1.10
0.65
Vitamin C (mg/day)
Median intake
24.6
40.3
62.1
91.2
121


Multivariate RR
1.0
0.88
1.01
0.90
0.95
0.77
Vitamin D (IU/day)
Median intake
107
186
308
385
691


Multivariate RR
1.0
0.86
0.98
0.99
0.96
0.84
Vitamin E (IU/day)
Median intake
2.20
3.30
4.10
5.20
8.10


Multivariate RR
1.0
1.07
1.04
0.98
0.87
0.18
Dietary fiber (g/day)
Median intake
5.6
7.5
9.10
11.0
14.3


Multivariate RR
1.0
0.84
1.01
0.89
0.78
0.09

Results are from multivariate analyses adjusted for age at diagnosis, age at menarche, menopausal status, family history, benign breast disease, adult height, parity/age at first birth, postmenopausal hormone use, body mass index at age 18, alcohol intake in 1980, and vitamin A intake, excluding supplements, in 1980 among 843 cases of breast cancer age matched 10:1 with controls.

Frazier et al. Breast Cancer Res 2003 5:R59   doi:10.1186/bcr583

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