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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