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Type 2 diabetes increases breast cancer risk.
2002 NOV 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The large Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study yielded data that indicate women with type 2 diabetes have a slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer than women without diabetes.
Pamela J. Mink, at the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland, and colleagues involved in the ARIC study followed a cohort of 7894 women, aged 45 to 64 years, for an average of 7.1 years. During that period, 187 subjects (2.37%) developed breast cancer.
The investigators found a significant association between breast cancer risk and body mass index (BMI). In contrast, no associations existed between breast cancer risk and waist-to-hip ratio or serum insulin concentration (Serum insulin and glucose levels and breast cancer incidence - the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2002;156(4):349-352).
Diabetic women were 60% more likely to develop breast cancer than were women whose fasting glucose levels were less than 100 mg/dL, after adjusting for age, race, and study center. However, this association was ...
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