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Dietary Patterns and Breast Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review

Dandamudi, Akhila
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1510915740390615

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2017, MS, University of Cincinnati, Allied Health Sciences: Nutrition.
Background: The association of dietary patterns representing multiple dietary components and breast cancer risk is not clearly understood. This systematic review presents a novel way of assessing the healthfulness of dietary patterns using a scoring matrix based on the American Cancer Society dietary guidelines. The objective of this review was to comprehensively and systematically evaluate articles that examined the association between breast cancer risk and dietary patterns. Methods: The literature search was carried out using PubMed and EMBASE databases and included original articles published between January 2013 and May 2017. Included articles reported risk estimates of breast cancer, compared the highest to the lowest categories of dietary intake, and had measures of variability in examining the association between dietary patterns (determined by posteriori or a priori approaches) and breast cancer risk. Results: 17 articles met the inclusion criteria; studies were conducted in diverse populations across different countries. Case-control and nested case-control studies were retrieved, which identified 15 healthy dietary patterns and 10 unhealthy dietary patterns determined posteriori and 7 dietary indices determined a priori. Six of 15 healthy dietary patterns were related to lower risk of breast cancer with greater adherence, and 5 of 10 unhealthy dietary patterns were related to greater risk of breast cancer with greater adherence. Out of the 7 a priori dietary indices, greater adherence to the Healthy Eating Index was related to lower risk of breast cancer. Vegetables were consistently found in cancer-protective patterns whereas saturated fat and red and processed meats were consistently found in cancer-promoting patterns. Conclusions: Findings suggest that dietary patterns that include vegetables and limit saturated fat and red and processed meats may be conducive to lowering breast cancer risk.
Sarah Couch, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
54 p.
Nutrition
Breast cancer; Systematic review; Dietary patterns; Diet; Breast tumor; Food components

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  • Dandamudi, A. (2017). Dietary Patterns and Breast Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1510915740390615

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dandamudi, Akhila. Dietary Patterns and Breast Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1510915740390615.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dandamudi, Akhila. "Dietary Patterns and Breast Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1510915740390615

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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