2008
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-790x2008000200004
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Somatotype and risk of breast cancer: a case-control study in Uruguay

Abstract: According to the evidence, there is a need for more thorough assessment and quantification of body size and shape and the risk of breast cancer. Using the somatotype methodology, we carried out an original research in order to explore possible associations between body shape and the risk of breast cancer in Uruguayan women. With this objective, 254 recent breast cancer cases and 1,000 frequency-matched healthy controls were interviewed on menstrual and reproductive story, and a series of skinfolds, circumferen… Show more

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“…The analyzed Uruguayan sample should be recognized as a population subset with evident overweight and obesity (mean BMI =27.6 kg/m2, >40% fat fraction), corresponding also to a high meso-endomorphic pattern, two facts that were already reported (Ronco et al, 2008;Ronco et al, 2009a). The women belonging to low/mid social strata, although they could display some protective factors based on their usual reproductive pattern (early age for the first live birth, high number of full term pregnancies, long breastfeeding periods) have become a high-risk group based on this fact and the diseases which are related to metabolic syndrome.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
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“…The analyzed Uruguayan sample should be recognized as a population subset with evident overweight and obesity (mean BMI =27.6 kg/m2, >40% fat fraction), corresponding also to a high meso-endomorphic pattern, two facts that were already reported (Ronco et al, 2008;Ronco et al, 2009a). The women belonging to low/mid social strata, although they could display some protective factors based on their usual reproductive pattern (early age for the first live birth, high number of full term pregnancies, long breastfeeding periods) have become a high-risk group based on this fact and the diseases which are related to metabolic syndrome.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…We and others have thoroughly studied possible links of nutrition and BC, from the dietary viewpoint (Ronco et al, 1996;1999;2002;2010a,b,c,d;De Stéfani et al, 1997a,b; as well as from an anthropometric one (Ronco et al, 2008;2009) and other epidemiologic ones (Ronco et al, 2007;2009 composition, somatotype), some specific components of the metabolic syndrome in the medical history (diabetes, hypertension, dislypidemias, hyperuricemia) and the risk of BC in Uruguayan women, we decided to carry out the present epidemiologic case-control study, whose preliminary report was recently communicated (Ronco et al, 2010d).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Concerning anthropometry, we have recently reported possible roles of somatotype and risk of BC, which were related to a positive association for high endomorphism among premenopausal women but not in postmenopausal ones (Ronco et al, 2008). On the other hand, the studies on body composition reported that fat weight, fat fraction, muscle weight, muscle fraction and the fat/muscle ratio had associations regarding the risk of BC (Ronco et al, 2009).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Risk factors were subdivided into four main categories: Lifestyle-related, reproductive, socio economic and environmental risk factors, respectively, a category of history of BC (Chart 2). Several authors have analysed risk factors of all four categories 30,34,37,38,[40][41][42] . Two studies performed in Uruguay for example, included a broad range of different risk factors 41,42 .…”
Section: Identified Risk Factors Of Bcmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several authors have analysed risk factors of all four categories 30,34,37,38,[40][41][42] . Two studies performed in Uruguay for example, included a broad range of different risk factors 41,42 . The author's decision to analyse several distinct and unrelated risk factors may have been influenced by the high incidence of BC in Uruguay.…”
Section: Identified Risk Factors Of Bcmentioning
confidence: 99%