Height, adiposity and body fat distribution and breast density in young women

Joanne F. Dorgan; Catherine Klifa; John Shepherd; Brian L. Egleston; Peter O. Kwiterovich; John H. Himes; Kelley Pettee Gabriel; Linda Van Horn; Linda Snetselaar; Victor J. Stevens; Bruce Barton; Alan M. Robson; Norman L. Lasser; Snehal Deshmukh; Nola M. Hylton

doi:10.1186/bcr3228

July 13, 2012Breast Cancer ResearchOpen Access

Height, adiposity and body fat distribution and breast density in young women

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To evaluate the independent and mutually adjusted relationships between height, adiposity, body fat distribution, and volumetric breast density in young women.
Assessed volumetric breast density measures, including percentage dense breast volume (%DBV) and absolute dense breast volume (ADBV), in young women.
Analyzed associations with total adiposity and body fat distribution using the android-to-gynoid (A:G) ratio in unadjusted and mutually adjusted models.
Total adiposity and body fat distribution showed independent, statistically significant inverse associations with percent dense breast volume (%DBV).
In mutually adjusted analyses, only body fat distribution (A:G ratio) maintained a statistically significant inverse association with absolute dense breast volume (ADBV).

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Observational analysis reveals inverse associations between body fat distribution and breast density in young women, suggesting metabolic effects on tissue composition.

Abstract

Total adiposity and body fat distribution are independently inversely associated with %DBV, whereas in mutually adjusted analysis only body fat distribution (A:G ratio) remained significantly inversely associated with ADBV in young women. Research is needed to identify biological mechanisms underlying these associations.

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