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The Association of Predicted Resting Energy Expenditure with Risk of Breast Cancer among Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative Cohort.

Rhonda S ArthurYasmin Mossavar-RahmaniRoss L PrenticeAladdin H ShadyabJuhua LuoMaryam SattariXiaonan XueVictor KamenskyGuo-Chong ChenQibin QiGarnet L AndersonSylvia Wassertheil-SmollerMarian L NeuhouserThomas E Rohan
Published in: Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2022)
This study showed that higher resting energy expenditure (REE) was associated with higher postmenopausal breast cancer risk. REE provides energy to support cancer-associated disorders such as obesity and inflammation. Thus, studies on its association with breast cancer can help to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of breast cancer.
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