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A Meta-analysis of Alcohol Consumption in Relation to Risk of Breast Cancer
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Epidemiologic findings regarding the relation between alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer have been inconsistent. We performed a meta-analysis (a quantitative review) of the available data. To evaluate whether there was a dose-response relation between alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer, we fitted mathematical models to the pooled data. There was strong evidence to support a dose-response relation in both the case-control and follow-up epidemiologic data. Using the dose-response curves that we calculated, the risk of breast cancer at an alcohol intake of 24 g (1 oz) of absolute alcohol daily (about two drinks daily) relative to nondrinkers was 1.4 (95% confidence interval, 1.0 to 1.8) in the case-control data and was 1.7 (95% confidence interval, 1.4 to 2.2) in the follow-up data. We interpret these findings not as proof of causality, but as strongly supportive of an association between alcohol consumption and risk of breast cancer.
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- Authors
- Longnecker, M. P.
- Venue
- JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1988-08-05
- Volume
- 260
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 652
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2052044976
- Cited by
- 368
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 6.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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