TY - JOUR
T1 - IGF-I and mammographic density in four geographic locations
T2 - A pooled analysis
AU - Maskarinec, Gertraud
AU - Takata, Yumie
AU - Chen, Zhao
AU - Gram, Inger Torhild
AU - Nagata, Chisato
AU - Pagano, Ian
AU - Hayashi, Kentaro
AU - Arendell, Leslie
AU - Skeie, Guri
AU - Rinaldi, Sabina
AU - Kaaks, Rudolph
PY - 2007/10/15
Y1 - 2007/10/15
N2 - Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) and prolactin have been found to be associated with breast cancer risk and with mammographic density. In a pooled analysis from 4 geographic locations, we investigated the association of percent mammographic density with serum levels of IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and prolactin. The pooled data set included 1,327 pre- and postmenopausal women: Caucasians from Norway, Arizona and Hawaii, Japanese from Hawaii and Japan, Latina from Arizona, and Native Hawaiians from Hawaii. Serum samples were assayed for IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and prolactin levels using ELISA assays. Mammographic density was quantified using a computer-assisted density method. After stratification by menopausal status, multiple regression models estimated the relation between serum analytes and breast density. All serum analytes except prolactin among postmenopausal women differed significantly by location/ethnicity group. Among premenopausal subjects, IGF-I levels and the molar ratio were highest in Hawaii, intermediate in Japan and lowest in Arizona. For IGFBP-3, the order was reversed. Among postmenopausal subjects, Norwegian women had the highest IGF-I levels and women in Arizona had the lowest while women in Japan and Hawaii had intermediate levels. We observed no significant relation between percent density and IGF-I or prolactin levels among pre-and postmenopausal women. The significant differences in IGF-I levels by location but not ethnicity suggest that environmental factors influence IGF-I levels, whereas percent breast density varies more according to ethnic background than by location. Based on this analysis, the influence of circulating levels of IGF-I, IGFBP-3, and prolactin on percent density appears to be very small.
AB - Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) and prolactin have been found to be associated with breast cancer risk and with mammographic density. In a pooled analysis from 4 geographic locations, we investigated the association of percent mammographic density with serum levels of IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and prolactin. The pooled data set included 1,327 pre- and postmenopausal women: Caucasians from Norway, Arizona and Hawaii, Japanese from Hawaii and Japan, Latina from Arizona, and Native Hawaiians from Hawaii. Serum samples were assayed for IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and prolactin levels using ELISA assays. Mammographic density was quantified using a computer-assisted density method. After stratification by menopausal status, multiple regression models estimated the relation between serum analytes and breast density. All serum analytes except prolactin among postmenopausal women differed significantly by location/ethnicity group. Among premenopausal subjects, IGF-I levels and the molar ratio were highest in Hawaii, intermediate in Japan and lowest in Arizona. For IGFBP-3, the order was reversed. Among postmenopausal subjects, Norwegian women had the highest IGF-I levels and women in Arizona had the lowest while women in Japan and Hawaii had intermediate levels. We observed no significant relation between percent density and IGF-I or prolactin levels among pre-and postmenopausal women. The significant differences in IGF-I levels by location but not ethnicity suggest that environmental factors influence IGF-I levels, whereas percent breast density varies more according to ethnic background than by location. Based on this analysis, the influence of circulating levels of IGF-I, IGFBP-3, and prolactin on percent density appears to be very small.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Breast density
KW - Ethnicity
KW - IGFs
KW - Prolactin
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U2 - 10.1002/ijc.22834
DO - 10.1002/ijc.22834
M3 - Article
C2 - 17520679
AN - SCOPUS:34548689107
SN - 0020-7136
VL - 121
SP - 1786
EP - 1792
JO - International Journal of Cancer
JF - International Journal of Cancer
IS - 8
ER -