title: Physical activity and mammographic density in a cohort of postmenopausal Norwegian women; a cross-sectional study.
abstract: Mammographic density (MD) is a strong risk factor for breast cancer and may represent a useful intermediate marker for breast cancer risk. Physical activity (PA) is known to be associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer. If PA is associated with MD then this would be useful for breast cancer prevention studies. MD was assessed on digitized mammograms using a computer assisted method (Madena) in 2218 postmenopausal women. A questionnaire assessed PA, by asking about the duration and intensity of light, moderate, strenuous PA/week. We used multivariate linear regression models to estimate least square means of percent MD by total and intensity of PA with adjustment for confounders. The mean age (± s.d) was 58.4 (±5.3) and mean BMI was 24.6 (±4.6). We observed a statistically significant inverse association between total PA and MD in the over-weight (BMI = 25.0-29.9) women, where mean MD among women with highest activity (>360 mins/week) was 12.6% (95%CI; 11.2%-14.0%), while among women with no activity it was 15.9% (95 CI; 13.6%-18.2%, p for trend = 0.04). There was no association in the other BMI strata. MD was 12.1% (11.2%-13.0%) in the highest group (> 180 mins/week) of moderate/strenuous activity and in the no activity group 14.8% (14.2%-15.5%, p for trend = 0.001) in the over-weight women. There was no association between light PA and MD in all women combined or in any other BMI strata. We found some evidence of an inverse association between PA and MD among overweight women.
authors: Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, P.Box 1110, Blindern, Oslo, Norway.
authors: Samera Azeem
authors: SA
authors: Qureshi
authors: Merete
authors: M
authors: Ellingjord-Dale
authors: Solveig
authors: S
authors: Hofvind
authors: Anna H
authors: AH
authors: Wu
authors: Giske
authors: G
authors: Ursin
keywords: Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Mammographic density; Physical activity; Screening
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