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Fatemeh Sedaghat1, Zeinab Heidari2, Saba Jalali2
1a Department of Cellular and Molecular Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute , Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
Background:
The role of dietary quality indexes for predicting breast cancer (BrCa) risk remains inconclusive. We aimed to assess the relation between healthy eating index 2010 (HEI-2010) and BrCa risk in a case-control study in Iranian women.
Method:
The 272 hospitalized controls and 136 newly diagnosed BrCa cases were recruited from two major hospitals. Food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) data were then utilized to calculate the HEI-2010 scores. Logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) between tertiles of HEI-2010 and BrCa risk, adjusting for potential confounders.
Results:
We found that higher HEI-2010 scores were associated with lower risk of BrCa only among premenopausal women (multivariate adjusted OR= 0.27, 95% [CI]: 0.10-0.69; P for trend =0.02). However, this inverse association was not the results of a link with any specific component of the HEI-2010. Among postmenopausal women, lower intake from empty calories was associated with lower risk of BrCa by 13% (OR =0.87, 95% CI: 0.77-0.99).
Conclusion:
Our findings suggest that adherence to HEI-2010 might be associated with lower risk of BrCa only among premenopausal women.
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