08.13.07
Folate helps prevent breast cancer
Another one:
In a prospective study involving 11,699 postmenopausal women aged 50 years or more, an inverse association was observed between folate intake and breast cancer risk. During a mean follow-up of 9.5 years, 392 incident invasive breast cancer cases were identified. Using proportional hazard regression, the highest quintiles of dietary folate intake and total folate intake, including supplements, were independently associated with 44% reduced risks of invasive breast cancer, compared with the corresponding lowest quintiles of folate intake. Similarly, the highest quintile for dietary folate equivalents was associated with a 64% reduced risk of invasive breast cancer, compared with the lowest quintile. Thus, the authors of this study conclude, “A high folate intake was associated with a lower incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer in this cohort.”
“High folate intake is associated with lower breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal women in the Malmo Diet and Cancer cohort,” Ericson U, Wirfalt E, et al, Am J Clin Nutr, 2007; 86(2): 434-43. (Address: U Ericson, Nutritional Epidemiology, Clinical Research Center, Building 60, floor 13, Malmö University Hospital, entrance 72, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden. E-mail: ulrika.pettersson@med.lu.se ).
