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    J Natl Cancer Inst. 1991 Mar 6;83(5):336-40.

    A cohort study of fat intake and risk of breast cancer.

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    National Cancer Institute of Canada Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, ON.

    Abstract

    Between 1982 and 1987, 519 newly incident, histologically confirmed cases of breast cancer were identified in a cohort of 56,837 women enrolled in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study. These women had completed a dietary questionnaire before the occurrence of their breast cancer, and this has been used to estimate their intake of dietary fat and several other nutrients. There is evidence of a positive association between breast cancer and total fat intake, with a relative risk of 1.35 (95% confidence interval, 1.00-1.82) per 77 g per day, and some evidence of a dose-response relationship (P = .052).

    PMID:
    1995917
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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