Risk factors with breast cancer among women in Delhi.
Indian J Cancer
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2009 Apr-Jun; 46(2): 132-8
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-50105
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The incidence of breast cancer is on the rise in India, breast cancer is the second most common malignancy in Indian women.AIM:
The aim of this study was to find out the association of various risk factors with breast cancer among women in Delhi. SETTINGS ANDDESIGN:
This was a case-control study in Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi. METHODS ANDMATERIAL:
332 women were studied. Subjects were women with breast cancer (N = 115) and age matched Control subjects (N-217) without breast cancer, attending Lok Nayak Hospital during 2006. Subjects were interviewed using a pretested questionnaire. The risk factors studied were age, parity, socioeconomic status, marital status, breast feeding, menarche, menopause, family history. STATISTICALANALYSIS:
Data was expressed in proportion. RESULTS ANDCONCLUSIONS:
Age of the patient ranged from 25 to 80 years. In this study, 69 (60%) cases and 127 (58.5%) controls were illiterate, the mean duration sum of total breast feeding for all children was 6.58 years in cases and 7.4 years in controls (OR = 1.91; 95% CI, 1.17 - 3.13) (P P P< 0.05). There was a significant difference between breast cancer cases and controls in relation to place of residence, occupation, marital status, body mass index and breast feeding.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Aged, 80 and over
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Breast Feeding
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Breast Neoplasms
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Body Mass Index
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Case-Control Studies
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Confidence Intervals
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Odds Ratio
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
Limits:
Aged80
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Cancer
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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