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Associations of coffee consumption and caffeine intake with mammographic breast density

Overview of attention for article published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, January 2018
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Associations of coffee consumption and caffeine intake with mammographic breast density
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Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, January 2018
DOI 10.1007/s10549-018-4667-4
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Lusine Yaghjyan, Graham Colditz, Bernard Rosner, Aleksandra Gasparova, Rulla M. Tamimi

Abstract

Previous studies suggest that coffee and caffeine intake may be associated with reduced breast cancer risk. We investigated the association of coffee and caffeine intake with mammographic breast density by woman's menopausal status and, in postmenopausal women, by hormone therapy (HT). This study included 4130 cancer-free women within the Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II cohorts. Percent breast density (PD) was measured from digitized film mammograms using a computer-assisted thresholding technique and square root-transformed for the analysis. Average cumulative coffee/caffeine consumption was calculated using data from all food frequency questionnaires preceding the mammogram date. Information regarding breast cancer risk factors was obtained from questionnaires closest to the mammogram date. We used generalized linear regression to quantify associations of regular, decaffeinated, and total coffee, and energy-adjusted caffeine intake with percent density. In multivariable analyses, decaffeinated coffee was positively associated with PD in premenopausal women (2+ cups/day: β = 0.23, p trend = 0.03). In postmenopausal women, decaffeinated and total coffee were inversely associated with PD (decaffeinated 2+ cups/day: β = - 0.24, p trend = 0.04; total 4+ cups/day: β = - 0.16, p trend = 0.02). Interaction of decaffeinated coffee with menopausal status was significant (p-interaction < 0.001). Among current HT users, regular coffee and caffeine were inversely associated with PD (regular coffee 4+ cups/day: β = - 0.29, p trend = 0.01; caffeine 4th vs. 1st quartile: β = - 0.32, p trend = 0.01). Among past users, decaffeinated coffee was inversely associated with PD (2+ cups/day β = - 0.70, p trend = 0.02). Associations of decaffeinated coffee with percent density differ by woman's menopausal status. Associations of regular coffee and caffeine with percent density may differ by HT status.

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Unknown 47 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 13 28%
Student > Master 5 11%
Other 2 4%
Lecturer 2 4%
Professor 2 4%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 17 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 10 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Mathematics 1 2%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 18 38%
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