Type 2 diabetes and obesity in midlife and breast cancer risk in the Reykjavik cohort.

Gertraud MaskarinecÁlfheiður HaraldsdóttirKristjana EinarsdóttirThor AspelundLaufey TryggvadóttirTamara B HarrisVilmundur GudnasonJóhanna E Torfadóttir

Published in: Cancer causes & control : CCC (2019)

These findings in a population with low T2D incidence suggest that the presence of T2D does not confer additional breast cancer risk and confirm the importance of height and excess body weight as breast cancer risk factors.

Keyphrases

breast cancer risk
body weight
risk factors
type diabetes
insulin resistance
body mass index
metabolic syndrome
glycemic control
weight loss
cardiovascular disease
high fat diet induced
skeletal muscle