An investigation of soy intake and mammographic characteristics in Hawaii

This cross-sectional investigation in Hawaii explored the relation between soy foods and mammographic characteristics using two food frequency questionnaires and a computer-assisted density assessment method. Japanese and Chinese women reported significantly greater soy food intake than Caucasian women. Whereas soy intake and the size of the dense areas were not related, soy intake and percent mammographic densities were positively associated. The size of the entire breast and the nondense area (ie the fatty part of the breast) were inversely related to soy intake. These results suggest the hypothesis that soy foods by themselves or as part of an Asian dietary pattern may affect the growth of the female breast before adulthood, but the possible mechanisms of action have to be explored in future studies.

• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Breast Cancer Research

• Publication date

  2001-01-05

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1186/bcr285PMID 11250760PMCID 13924
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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