TY - JOUR AU - Andersen, Zorana J. AU - Baker, Jennifer L. AU - Bihrmann, Kristine AU - Vejborg, Ilse AU - Sørensen, Thorkild IA AU - Lynge, Elsebeth PY - 2014 DA - 2014/01/20 TI - Birth weight, childhood body mass index, and height in relation to mammographic density and breast cancer: a register-based cohort study JO - Breast Cancer Research SP - R4 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - High breast density, a strong predictor of breast cancer may be determined early in life. Childhood anthropometric factors have been related to breast cancer and breast density, but rarely simultaneously. We examined whether mammographic density (MD) mediates an association of birth weight, childhood body mass index (BMI), and height with the risk of breast cancer. SN - 1465-542X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr3596 DO - 10.1186/bcr3596 ID - Andersen2014 ER -