TY - JOUR
TI - THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND BREAST-CANCER RISK - EVIDENCE FROM
THE COMBINED ANALYSIS OF 6 DIETARY CASE-CONTROL STUDIES
AU - HOWE, G
AU - ROHAN, T
AU - DECARLI, A
AU - ISCOVICH, J
AU - KALDOR, J and
AU - KATSOUYANNI, K
AU - MARUBINI, E
AU - MILLER, A
AU - RIBOLI, E
AU - TONIOLO,
AU - P
AU - TRICHOPOULOS, D
JO - International Journal  of Cancer
PY - 1991
VL - 47
TODO - 5
SP - 707-710
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
SN - 0020-7136
TODO - 10.1002/ijc.2910470514
TODO - null
TODO - Data from 1,575 cases and 1,974 controls enrolled in 6 previously
conducted case-control studies of diet and breast cancer have been
analysed with respect to alcohol intake. There appears to be an absence
of any association between consumption of up to 40 g of alcohol per day
and risk of breast cancer, and a highly statistically significant and
consistent elevated risk of breast cancer for drinkers of 40 g or more
of alcohol per day, for whom the relative risk, as compared with that of
non-drinkers, is 1.69 (95% confidence interval 1.19 to 2.40). This
association is not due to confounding by a number of diet-related
factors, including total calories, fat, fibre and vitamin C.
ER -