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Associations between breast cancer risk factors and religious practices in Utah

Daniels, M·2004·Preventive Medicine
DOI 10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.09.025
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Background Utah has the lowest female malignant breast cancer incidence rates in the United States, due in part to low rates among women who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon). Several established reproductive and non-reproductive breast cancer risk factors may be lower among LDS women because of their religious doctrine related to marriage, family, and health. This paper investigates the association between selected breast cancer risk factors and religious preference and religiosity in Utah.Methods A 37-item anonymous cross-sectional telephone survey was developed and conducted during March and April 2002. Results are based on 848 non-Hispanic white female respondents.Results Number of births (parity), prevalence of breastfeeding, and lifetime total duration of breastfeeding were highest among LDS women who attended church weekly. Average months of breastfeeding per child were greatest among weekly church attendees, regardless of religious preference. Oral contraceptive use and total duration of hormone replacement therapy use were greatest for individuals of any religion attending church less than weekly and for individuals with no religious preference. Comparisons of divergent reproductive behaviors between LDS and non-LDS, and between weekly and less than weekly church goers, provide strong support for the relatively low breast cancer incidence rates previously identified among LDS and, therefore, in Utah.Conclusions High parity and breastfeeding coincide with comparatively low breast cancer incidence rates among LDS and are consistent with recent findings of the Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer, showing the primary role parity and breastfeeding play in reducing breast cancer.

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Authors
Daniels, M.
Affiliations
University of Utah (US)
Corresponding author
Daniels, M
Venue
Preventive Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-01
Volume
38
Issue
1
Pages
28-38
ISSN
0091-7435 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.09.025
OpenAlex
W1975286458
Cited by
26
References
26
Citations by year
2022: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
FWCI
0.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Preventive Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Keywords
breast cancer risk factors, religiosity, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon women, reproductive behavior, parity, breastfeeding, oral contraceptive use, hormone replacement therapy, church attendance, Utah
MeSH terms
Breast Feeding, Breast Neoplasms, Contraceptives, Oral, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Life Style, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Utah, Prevalence, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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