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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Anthropometry and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women
Breast Journal, Volume 12, No. 5, Year 2006
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Description
The recent upsurge in global obesity and the recognition of the role of metabolic syndrome and other correlates of obesity in the etiology of breast cancer and other chronic diseases has created the impetus for renewed interest in the role of anthropometric measures in breast cancer risk. This case-control study was designed to evaluate the role of anthropometric variables in breast cancer susceptibility in an indigenous sub-Saharan African population drawn from midwestern and southeastern Nigeria, a population grossly underreported in the global epidemiologic literature. Study participants were 250 women with breast cancer who were receiving treatment in the surgical outpatient clinics and surgical wards of four university teaching hospitals located in midwestern and southeastern Nigeria, while the controls were 250 age-matched women without breast cancer or other malignant diseases being treated for other surgical diseases in the same institutions between September 2002 and April 2004. Waist:hip ratio (WHR) was associated with a significant 2.5-fold increased risk of premenopausal breast cancer (odds ratio [OR] = 2.56, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.48-4.41] and a 2-fold increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer (OR = 2.00, 95% CI 1.04-2.53). Increasing height conferred a modestly nonsignificant increased risk of premenopausal breast cancer (OR = 1.59, 95% CI 0.98-2.58). The study showed that WHR is a significant predictor of breast cancer risk in Nigerian women and measures to sustain increased physical activity and ensure healthy dietary practices are recommended to reduce the burden of obesity in the population. ©2006, Copyright the Authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Okobia, Michael N.
United States, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Nigeria, Benin
University of Benin
Bunker, Clareann H.
United States, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Zmuda, Joseph M.
United States, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Osime, Usifo
Nigeria, Benin
University of Benin
Ezeome, Emmanuel R.
Nigeria, Naukka
University of Nigeria
Anyanwu, Stanley Nnamdi Chinedu
Nigeria, Awka
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Uche, Emmanuel E.
Nigeria, Port Harcourt
University of Port Harcourt
Ojukwu, Joseph O.
Nigeria, Naukka
University of Nigeria
Kuller, Lewis H.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00304.x
ISSN:
1075122X
e-ISSN:
15244741
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study
Study Locations
Nigeria
Participants Gender
Female