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dc.contributor.authorAdebamowo, Clement Adebayo
dc.contributor.authorOgundiran, Temidayo O
dc.contributor.authorAdenipekun, Adeniyi A
dc.contributor.authorOyesegun, Rasheed A
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Oladapo B
dc.contributor.authorAkang, Effiong E
dc.contributor.authorRotimi, Charles N
dc.contributor.authorOlopade, Olunfunmilayo I
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-16T21:31:12Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifier.citationAdebamowo, Clement A., Temidayo O. Ogundiran, Adeniyi A. Adenipekun, Rasheed A. Oyesegun, Oladapo B. Campbell, Effiong E. Akang, Charles N. Rotimi, and Olunfunmilayo I. Olopade. 2003. Waist-hip ratio and breast cancer risk in urbanized Nigerian women. Breast Cancer Research 5(2): R18-R24.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1465-5411en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4565598
dc.description.abstractBackground: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between waist–hip ratio and the risk of breast cancer in an urban Nigerian population. Methods: Between March 1998 and August 2000, we conducted a case–control study of hospital-based breast cancer patients (n = 234) and population-based controls (n = 273) using nurse interviewers in urban Southwestern Nigeria. Results: Multivariable logistic regression showed a significant association between the highest tertile of waist–hip ratio and the risk of breast cancer (odds ratio= 2.67, 95% confidence interval = 1.05–6.80) among postmenopausal women. No association was found in premenopausal women. Conclusion: The present study, the first in an indigenous African population, supports other studies that have shown a positive association between obesity and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1186/bcr567en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC154145/pdf/en_US
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dc.titleWaist–Hip Ratio and Breast Cancer Risk in Urbanized Nigerian Womenen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden_US
dc.relation.journalBreast Cancer Researchen_US
dash.depositing.authorAdebamowo, Clement Adebayo
dc.date.available2010-11-16T21:31:12Z
dash.affiliation.otherSPH^Nutritionen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/bcr567*
dash.contributor.affiliatedAdebamowo, Clement A.


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