Coloration of breast fluid related to concentration of cholesterol, cholesterol epoxides, estrogen, and lipid peroxides.
The coloration of nipple aspirates of breast fluid from 2,343 women were compared with breast fluid concentrations of cholesterol. cholesterol epoxides, lipid peroxides, estrogens, and immunoglobulins. Darker-colored breast fluid had significantly higher mean concentrations of cholesterol, cholesterol epoxides, lipid peroxides, and estrogens than did lighter-colored fluids, whereas no relationship of coloration with immunoglobulin levels was found.
Petrakis
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Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
Lee
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Miike
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Dupuy
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Morris
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D001940:Breast / Q000378:metabolism*; D002776:Cholestanes / Q000032:analysis; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D003116:Color; D004958:Estradiol / Q000032:analysis; D004970:Estrone / Q000032:analysis; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000032:analysis
D002776:Cholestanes; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; C002415:cholesterol alpha-oxide; D004970:Estrone; D004958:Estradiol; D002784:Cholesterol