Correlates of high-density mammographic parenchymal patterns by menopausal status in a rural population in Northern Greece
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Athena Linos; Bianca De Stavola; Dimitrios Linos; Isabel dos Santos Silva; Dionysios-Dennis Remoundos; Efi Karadedou-Zafiriadou; Nicholas Perry; Elena Riza
- Source
- European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990). 41(4)
- Subject
- Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study
Mammary gland
Breast Neoplasms
Rural Health
Odds
Body Mass Index
Breast cancer
medicine
Humans
Aged
Gynecology
Observer Variation
Greece
business.industry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Menopause
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cross-Sectional Studies
Oncology
Menarche
Female
business
Parity (mathematics)
Body mass index
Demography
Mammography
- Language
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
Reproductive factors affect breast cancer risk, but less is known of their associations with mammographic density and whether these differ by menopausal status. We report on a cross-sectional study of 1946 pre- and 3047 post-menopausal women who joined a breast screening programme in Northern Greece during 1993-1997. The odds of having a high-density Wolfe pattern (P2/DY) was inversely associated with age (P for linear trend