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Red meat, poultry, and fish intake and breast cancer risk among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic white women: The Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study

Authors: Andre E. Kim, Abbie Lundgreen, Roger K. Wolff, Laura Fejerman, Esther M. John, Gabriela Torres-Mejía, Sue A. Ingles, Stephanie D. Boone, Avonne E. Connor, Lisa M. Hines, Kathy B. Baumgartner, Anna Giuliano, Amit D. Joshi, Martha L. Slattery, Mariana C. Stern

Published in: Cancer Causes & Control | Issue 4/2016

Abstract

Purpose

There is suggestive but limited evidence for a relationship between meat intake and breast cancer (BC) risk. Few studies included Hispanic women. We investigated the association between meats and fish intake and BC risk among Hispanic and NHW women.

Methods

The study included NHW (1,982 cases and 2,218 controls) and the US Hispanics (1,777 cases and 2,218 controls) from two population-based case–control studies. Analyses considered menopausal status and percent Native American ancestry. We estimated pooled ORs combining harmonized data from both studies, and study- and race-/ethnicity-specific ORs that were combined using fixed or random effects models, depending on heterogeneity levels.

Results

When comparing highest versus lowest tertile of intake, among NHW we observed an association between tuna intake and BC risk (pooled OR 1.25; 95 % CI 1.05–1.50; trend p = 0.006). Among Hispanics, we observed an association between BC risk and processed meat intake (pooled OR 1.42; 95 % CI 1.18–1.71; trend p < 0.001), and between white meat (OR 0.80; 95 % CI 0.67–0.95; trend p = 0.01) and BC risk, driven by poultry. All these findings were supported by meta-analysis using fixed or random effect models and were restricted to estrogen receptor-positive tumors. Processed meats and poultry were not associated with BC risk among NHW women; red meat and fish were not associated with BC risk in either race/ethnic groups.

Conclusions

Our results suggest the presence of ethnic differences in associations between meat and BC risk that may contribute to BC disparities.

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Title: Red meat, poultry, and fish intake and breast cancer risk among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic white women: The Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study
Authors: Andre E. Kim
Abbie Lundgreen
Roger K. Wolff
Laura Fejerman
Esther M. John
Gabriela Torres-Mejía
Sue A. Ingles
Stephanie D. Boone
Avonne E. Connor
Lisa M. Hines
Kathy B. Baumgartner
Anna Giuliano
Amit D. Joshi
Martha L. Slattery
Mariana C. Stern
Publication date: 01-04-2016
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Cancer Causes & Control / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0957-5243
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7225
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-016-0727-4

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