Age at First Birth, Dietary Practices and Breast Cancer Mortality in Various Italian Regions

Vecchia, C. La; Pampallona, Sandro

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“…Some ecological studies [18,42] conducted in Mediterranean countries found a positive correlation between breast cancer mortality and the consumption of milk and dairy products, although results are not conclusive; more recently, the protective effect of milk consumption has been observed in a casecontrol study [44]. This result is in accordance with findings when using breast cancer SMR in the multiple regression analysis.…”

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“…La Vecchia and Pampallona [18], on the other hand, found a negative correlation, no significant after adjustment for other variables. Pasta consumption in Italy is 10 times that of Spain [20] and has a negative correlation with income level, while in Spain the correlation is positive.…”

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“…Other ecological studies about diet and breast cancer that used simple correlation coefficients in the statistical analysis, obtained similar results. At least eight ecological studies found a positive correlation with meat consumption [ 14,15,[17][18][19][20][21], five found one with animal fat [15,17,[21][22][23] and fourteen studies out of eighteen obtained a positive correlation with total fat consumption [14-17, 21, 22, 24-30]. Only one study did not find a correlation with meat consumption [43].…”

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Mortality trends and past and current dietary factors of breast cancer in Spain

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Spain had one of the lowest breast cancer mortality (BCM) rates in Europe a decade ago but this is no longer the case. A study of the trends of breast cancer mortality in Spain during the last 30 years, and an analysis, at the ecological level, of the current and past dietary patterns associated with breast cancer mortality have been conducted. Age standardized rates and standardized mortality rates (SMR) for this period were calculated. Dietary information about 20 different groups of foods for the 50 Spanish provinces was obtained from two National Household Budget and Expenditure Surveys, conducted in 1964-1965 and 1980-1981. Simple correlation coefficients were calculated, and multiple regression (dependent variables: BCM and breast cancer SMR) with a stepwise procedure was performed. Trends of breast cancer mortality in Spain for the last 35 years indicated a 100% increase in the 35-64 years group. Results indicate important changes in food consumption patterns in Spain, departure from the traditional Spanish diet, and the association of breast cancer mortality with past (15 years period) consumption of beef and total meat and the current consumption of vegetable oils, among other features of interest. Past consumption of meat and particularly beef meat seems to be associated with current breast cancer mortality rates in Spain. However, results at ecological level need to be confirmed in individuals.

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“…II,28], and find support in evidence from case-control studies reporting an elevated rate of breast cancer in association with a high-fat diet and over weight [29,30]. Furthermore, breast cancer death rates in various Italian regions were positively correlat ed with average age at first birth [31] and negatively with mean number of births per woman in fertile age.…”

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Environmental Factors and Cancer Mortality in Italy: Correlational Excercise

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1986

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Mortality rates for 21 cancer sites in 20 Italian regions have been correlated with several economic and dietary variables (including alcohol and coffee consumption), patterns of cigarette smoking and reproductive habits. In both sexes, a large number of strong correlations emerged, the most notable ones being the strong positive coefficients between cigarettes sold in the early 1950s and lung cancer mortality in middle-aged males in the early 1970s, between gross internal product or meat consumption and cancer of the intestines in both sexes, between total per caput consumption and cancer of the prostate and between mean age at first birth, gross internal product and milk consumption and cancer of the breast. Cancer of the ovary was positively correlated with mean age at the first birth, and negatively with average number of births. Among the unexpected correlations observed, the most remarkable ones were the strong positive coefficient between skin cancer mortality and latitude (which can however be explained in terms of different constitutional characteristics of skin color in various Italian regions), and the pattern of coefficients emerging for gastric cancer, showing positive correlations with gross internal product or meat and negative ones with bread, pasta or fish. These and other results (including the analysis of several first-order partial correlation coefficients) are discussed with regard to their limitations and major points of interest, and in comparison with similar studies conducted on different populations.

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“…Η πρώτη τελειόμηνη εγκυμοσύνη πριν από το 20ο έτος της ηλικίας δρα προστατευτικά στο ενδεχόμενο μελλοντικής προσβολής από καρκίνο μαστού (3,19,57,58,107,109,110).…”

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Age at First Birth, Dietary Practices and Breast Cancer Mortality in Various Italian Regions

Cited by 15 publications

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Mortality trends and past and current dietary factors of breast cancer in Spain

Mortality trends and past and current dietary factors of breast cancer in Spain

Environmental Factors and Cancer Mortality in Italy: Correlational Excercise

Η Συμβολη Των Κυτταρολογικων Εξετασεων Στη Διαγνωση Του Καρκινου Του Μαστου

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