Associations between Medical Conditions and Breast Cancer Risk in Asians: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Taiwan

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 11; p. e0143410
• Main Authors: Chuang, Shu-Chun, Wu, Guo-Jie, Lu, Yen-Shen, Lin, Ching-Hung, Hsiung, Chao Agnes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.11.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analysis; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology; Breast Neoplasms - etiology; Cancer; Cancer screening; Care and treatment; Case-Control Studies; Chronic Disease - epidemiology; Comorbidity; Confidence intervals; Diagnosis; Digits; Diseases; Disorders; Endometriosis; Estrogens; Etiology; Female; Fibroids; Health insurance; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Health Status; Heterogeneity; Humans; Hypertension; Lipid metabolism; Literature reviews; Medical diagnosis; Medical research; Metabolism; Middle Aged; Obesity; Online databases; Population studies; Population Surveillance; Population-based studies; Regression analysis; Risk; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Statistical analysis; Studies; Taiwan - epidemiology; Thyroid cancer; Uterus; Womens health; Young Adult; Taiwan; Asia

The breast cancer incidence in Asia is rising. To explore whether the etiology of breast cancer is different from the known risk factors from studies in Western countries, we conducted a nested case-control study using data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). All med...