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García-Pérez, Javier
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Pollan-Santamaria, Marina
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Perez-Gomez, Beatriz
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Gonzalez-Sanchez, Mario
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Cortes-Barragan, Rosana
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Maqueda-Blasco, Jeronimo
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González-Galarzo, María Carmen
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Alba, Miguel Ángel
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van der Haar, Rudolf
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Casas, Silvia
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Vicente, Cándida
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Medina, Pilar
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Ederra, María
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Santamariña, Carmen
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Moreno, María Pilar
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Casanova, Francisco
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Pedraz-Pingarrón, Carmen
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Moreo, Pilar
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Ascunce, Nieves
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García, Montse
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Salas-Trejo, Dolores
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Sánchez-Contador, Carmen
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Llobet, Rafael
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Lope Carvajal, Virginia
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2017
INTRODUCTION: High mammographic density is one of the main risk factors for breast cancer. Although several occupations have been associated with breast cancer, there are no previous occupational studies exploring the association with mammographic density. Our objective was to identify occupations associated with high mammographic density in Spanish female workers. METHODS: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study of occupational determinants of high mammographic density in Spain, based on 1476 women, aged 45-68 years, recruited from seven screening centers within the Spanish Breast Cancer Screening Program network. Reproductive, family, personal, and occupational history data were collected. The latest occupation of each woman was collected and coded according to the 1994 National Classification of Occupations. Mammographic density was assessed from the cranio-caudal mammogram of the left breast using a semi-automated computer-assisted tool. Association between mammographic density and occupation was evaluated by using mixed linear regression models, using log-transformed percentage of mammographic density as dependent variable. Models were adjusted for age, body mass index, menopausal status, parity, smoking, alcohol intake, educational level, type of mammography, first-degree relative with breast cancer, and hormonal replacement therapy use. Screening center and professional reader were included as random effects terms. RESULTS: Mammographic density was higher, although non-statistically significant, among secondary school teachers (eβ = 1.41; 95%CI = 0.98-2.03) and nurses (eβ = 1.23; 95%CI = 0.96-1.59), whereas workers engaged in the care of people (eβ = 0.81; 95%CI = 0.66-1.00) and housewives (eβ = 0.87; 95%CI = 0.79-0.95) showed an inverse association with mammographic density. A positive trend for every 5 years working as secondary school teachers was also detected (p-value = 0.035). CONCLUSIONS: Nurses and secondary school teachers were the occupations with the highest mammographic density in our study, showing the latter a positive trend with duration of employment. Future studies are necessary to confirm if these results are due to chance or are the result of a true association whose causal hypothesis is, for the moment, unknown.
Environ Res. 2017 Nov;159:355-361
0013-9351
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7818
28843166
10.1016/j.envres.2017.08.028
1096-0953
Environmental research
Breast cancer
DDM-Occup
Mammographic density
Nurses
Occupation
School teachers
Occupation and mammographic density: A population-based study (DDM-Occup)