Body mass index is inversely associated with risk of premenopausal breast cancer, but the
underlying mechanisms for this association are poorly understood. Abdominal adiposity is …

Background Increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with higher postmenopausal
breast cancer risk and lower premenopausal breast cancer risk. Less is known about the …

Importance Obesity is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, including the
estrogen receptor (ER)–positive subtype in postmenopausal women. Whether excess …

OBJECTIVE: Body size is an important modifiable risk factor for breast cancer. Although
obesity has generally been found to be associated with increased risk for postmenopausal …

BACKGROUND: Excessive body weight is known to increase the risk of postmenopausal,
but not premenopausal breast cancer. Some studies have suggested that being overweight …

Associations between anthropometric indices of obesity and breast cancer risk may fail to
capture the true relationship between excess body fat and risk. We used dual‐energy‐X‐ray …

Importance The association between increasing body mass index (BMI; calculated as weight
in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) and risk of breast cancer is unique in …

BACKGROUND Greater body mass index (BMI), a measure of overall adiposity, is
associated with a higher risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. The role of central adiposity …

Epidemiologic studies have established that increased body weight is associated with a
greater incidence of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The authors hypothesized …

Background: Obesity is associated with increased breast cancer risk among
postmenopausal women. We examined whether this association could be explained by the …