| Title |
Is red meat intake a risk factor for breast cancer among premenopausal women?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, June 2009
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10549-009-0441-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Valerie H. Taylor, Monali Misra, Som D. Mukherjee |
| Abstract |
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women today and is the most common cancer among women. Although a number of risk factors such as genetics, family history, parity, age at first birth, and age at menarche and menopause have been established, most are difficult to modify. Diet, however, is a potentially modifiable approach for prevention and a variety of dietary patterns have been examined with respect to their role in breast cancer. One such dietary factor is red meat consumption. Red meat intake has been hypothesized to increase breast cancer risk but while both case-control and ecologic studies have supported a positive association, prospective cohort studies have been inconsistent. One explanation for this inconsistency may be related to menopausal status. We performed a meta-analysis on the association between breast cancer risk and red meat consumption in premenopausal women. A total of ten studies were identified. The summary relative risk was 1.24 (95% CI 1.08-1.42). Case-control studies (N = 7) had a risk of 1.57 (95% CI 1.23-1.99), while cohort studies (N = 3) had a summary relative risk of 1.11 (95% CI 0.94-1.31). |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 92 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 4% |
| Australia | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 81 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 18% |
| Researcher | 16 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 11% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 18 | 20% |
| Unknown | 12 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 47% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 4% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 16 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 June 2014.
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#3,726,613
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Outputs from Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
#658
of 4,652 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#16,268
of 110,909 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
#5
of 25 outputs
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