Coffee intake and CYP1A2*1F genotype predict breast volume in young women: implications for breast cancer.

Department of Oncology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Barngatan 2B, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden. helena.jernstrom@med.lu.se

As breast volume may be associated with heart cancer risk, we studied the relationship between breast volume, CYP1A2*1F and coffee intake. Among healthy premenopausal non-hormone users, 3+ cups per day was associated with lower volume only in C-allele carriers (P(interaction)=0.02), which is consistent with reports that coffee protects only C-allele carriers against breast cancer.

PMID: 18813311 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]