Breast cancer incidence following preeclampsia or gestational hypertension /
0.61-1.56). As the point estimate is close to 1.0 and as the
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | 0.61-1.56). As the point estimate is close to 1.0 and as the 1959 and 1966. Exposure was defined as a preeclampsia A retrospective cohort study was conducted to examine the and subsequent breast cancer in a population of 6,564 Child Health and Development Studies, which was designed and confidence interval includes the null value, there is diagnosed with histologically confirmed breast cancer, diagnosis taken from medical records and/or gestational diastolic or >140 mm Hg systolic) after the 20th week of during the enrollment period, analysis yielded a relative essentially no difference in breast cancer risk between the exposed and unexposed populations. gestation. Women were considered to be cases if they were hypertension, defined at the time of the cohort enrollment as identified through the California Tumor Registry. Using initiated at the University of California at Berkeley between logistic regression with data from interviews conducted pregnant women. Data on the study population came from the relationship between preeclampsia or gestational hypertension risk of breast cancer in the cohort members of 0.97 (95% CI two or more elevated blood pressure readings (>90 mm Hg |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Epidemiology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 72 leaves ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 63-71. |