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6 th <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Workshop</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Breast</strong> <strong>Densitometry</strong><br />

DETERMINANTS OF BREAST TISSUE COMPOSITION IN 15-18 YEAR OLD GIRLS<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>Breast</strong> Cancer Risk Assessment<br />

Norman F. Boyd*, Ella Huszti, Greg Stanisz, Sofia Chavez, Qing Li, Linda Lint<strong>on</strong>, M<strong>on</strong>ica Taylor, Sara<br />

Hennessy, Lisa J. Martin, Salom<strong>on</strong> Minkin<br />

Campbell Institute for <strong>Breast</strong> Cancer Research Ontario Cancer Institute<br />

Background. <strong>Breast</strong> tissue is especially susceptible to carcinogenic influences in early life <strong>and</strong> several<br />

variables in early life, including birth weight, growth in adolescence <strong>and</strong> attained height, influence risk of<br />

breast cancer in later life. We examine here the associati<strong>on</strong> of these risk factors in early life with<br />

variati<strong>on</strong>s in breast tissue compositi<strong>on</strong> in 15-18 year old girls.<br />

Methods. We recruited 437 girls aged 15-18, <strong>and</strong> used magnetic res<strong>on</strong>ance scans to measure the water<br />

<strong>and</strong> fat c<strong>on</strong>tent of the breast. All scans were obtained in the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. We<br />

also made anthropometric measurements. We obtained from mothers by questi<strong>on</strong>naire a history of their<br />

daughter’s birth weight, breast-feeding <strong>and</strong> growth during childhood, <strong>and</strong> of maternal health during<br />

pregnancy with the daughter.<br />

Results. At ages 15-18 years, percent water in the breast was positively associated with: greater birth<br />

weight (adjusted for age <strong>and</strong> durati<strong>on</strong> of breast feeding; p=0.06); l<strong>on</strong>ger durati<strong>on</strong> of breast-feeding<br />

(adjusted for age <strong>and</strong> birth weight; p=0.02); <strong>and</strong> greater increase in height between ages 9 <strong>and</strong> 12 years<br />

(adjusted for age, weight <strong>and</strong> relative height at age 9; p=0.0007). Growth between ages 12 <strong>and</strong> 15<br />

(adjusted for age, weight <strong>and</strong> relative height at age 12; p=0.6) was not associated with percent breast<br />

water at ages 15-18.<br />

Greater birth weight (p

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