Objectives: Few studies have examined the association between breast density and breast cancer tumor characteristics. We examined the association between hormonal, proliferative, and histologic tumor characteristics and mammographic breast density in women with breast cancer. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis in 546 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer to evaluate the associations between breast density and tumor size, lymph node status, lymphatic or vascular invasion, histologic grade, nuclear grade, tumor differentiation, mitotic index, tumor necrosis, Ki-67 proliferation, estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, p53, p27, cyclin E, Bcl-2, and C-erb-B2 invasion. Breast density was classified as fatty (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System code 1 or 2; n = 373) or dense (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System code 3 or 4; n = 173) for the cancer-free breast. A single pathologist measured all tumor markers. We examined whether the relationships were modified by interval cancer or screen-detected cancer.Results: Women with a tumor size >1.0 cm were more likely to have dense breasts compared with women with a tumor size V V 1.0 cm after adjusting for confounders (odds ratio, 2.0; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-3.4 for tumor sizes 1.1-2.0 cm; odds ratio, 2.3; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-4.4 for tumor sizes 2
Both stretching and exercise interventions may improve sleep quality in sedentary, overweight, postmenopausal women. Increased fitness was associated with improvements in sleep. However, the effect of moderate-intensity exercise may depend on the amount of exercise and time of day it is performed.
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