Weight is More Informative than Body Mass Index for Predicting Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk: Prospective Family Study Cohort (ProF-SC).
Zhoufeng YeShuai LiGillian S DiteTuong Linh NguyenRobert J MacInnisIrene L AndrulisSaundra S BuysMary B DalyIsabelle DurotAllison W KurianJeanine M GenkingerWendy K ChungKelly-Anne PhillipsHeather ThorneIngrid M WinshipJonathan BeesleyPierre-Antoine DuguéMelissa C SoutheyGraham G GilesMary Beth TerryJohn L HopperPublished in: Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2022)
Our results suggest that the relationship between BMI and breast cancer could be due to a relationship between weight and breast cancer, downgraded by inappropriately adjusting for height; potential importance of anthropometric measures other than total body fat; breast cancer risk associations with BMI and weight are across a continuum.