BCC 2021 | Adiposity and breast cancer risk in the China Kadoorie Biobank
Christiana Kartsonaki, DPhil, MSc, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, discusses the findings of a prospective cohort study investigating the association between adiposity and breast cancer risk in Chinese women. The China Kadoorie Biobank study recruited over 500,000 adults and during the 10-year follow-up period, more than 2000 breast cancer cases were recorded and analyzed. The data showed that higher body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and body fat percentage were associated with a higher risk of breast cancer in both pre- and post-menopausal women. There was no evidence to suggest that BMI at age 25 influenced breast cancer risk. This interview took place during the 17th St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference.
Disclosures
The China Kadoorie Biobank is funded by Cancer Research UK, Medical Research Council; Baseline survey: Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, Hong Kong. Long-term continuation: UK Wellcome Trust, Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Chinese National Natural Science Foundation.
