Serum High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Metabolic Profile, and Breast Cancer Risk

Furberg, Anne-Sofie; B. Veierød, Marit; Wilsgaard, Tom; Bernstein, Liane; Thune, Inger

doi:10.1093/jnci/djh216

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Serum High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Metabolic Profile, and Breast Cancer Risk

Published in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute • Aug 3, 2004

Authors:

Anne-Sofie Furberg

Marit B. Veierød

Tom Wilsgaard

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (obesity, glucose intolerance, low serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C], high serum triglycerides, hypertension) is high and increasing in parallel with an increasing breast cancer incidence worldwide. HDL-C represents an important aspec...

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Medicine

Breast cancer

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