Death of a husband or marital divorce related to risk of breast cancer in middle-aged women. A nested case-control study among Norwegian women born 1935–1954
| Autor: | Steinar Tretli, Stener Kvinnsland, Anne Kvikstad, Lars J. Vatten |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Population Breast Neoplasms Norwegian Life Change Events Breast cancer Divorce Risk Factors Epidemiology Odds Ratio Humans Medicine education Gynecology education.field_of_study Norway business.industry Age Factors Case-control study Cancer Odds ratio Middle Aged medicine.disease language.human_language Oncology Case-Control Studies Nested case-control study language Female business Bereavement Demography |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Cancer. 30:473-477 |
| ISSN: | 0959-8049 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0959-8049(94)90422-7 |
| Popis: | A topic of general interest is whether important life changes may play a role in the onset of cancer. The hypothesis of this study was that death of a husband or marital divorce, is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. The study included 4491 incident breast cancer cases and 44,910 controls, matched on age, in a population-based nested case-control study, among Norwegian women born between 1935 and 1954. The risk of breast cancer among widowed compared to married women showed an odds ratio (OR) of 1.13 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.94-1.36], after adjusting for age at first birth and parity. For divorced women the analogous OR was 0.83 (95% CI 0.75-0.92), after adjusting for age at first birth, parity and place of residence. Thus, the results did not show any clear evidence that death of a husband or marital divorce was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. |
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