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Investigation of the Association between Drinking Water Habits and the Occurrence of Women Breast Cancer

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  • Yael Keren

    (Department of Management, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel)

  • Racheli Magnezi

    (Department of Management, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel)

  • Moshe Carmon

    (Department of Surgery, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 9103102, Israel)

  • Yona Amitai

    (Department of Management, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel)

Abstract

Risk and protective factors for breast cancer (BC) include lifestyle, diet, reproduction, and others. Increased risk for colon cancer was linked with low water intake. The link between water consumption and BC was scarcely studied. We investigated the association between water and fluid consumption and the occurrence of BC in a retrospective case–control study in the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, in 206 women aged 25–65 years (106 with newly diagnosed BC, and 100 controls). A food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), consumption of water, foods, and beverages, lifestyle, and other risk and protective factors were recorded. The age of women in both groups was comparable ((M ± SD) 52.7 ± 9.8 and 50.6 ± 11.4 years, respectively ( p = 0.29)). Women with BC consumed 20.2% less water (M ± SD = 5.28 ± 4.2 and 6.62 ± 4.5 cups/day, respectively, p = 0.02) and 14% less total fluids than controls (M ± SD = 2095 ± 937 mL/day and 2431 ± 1087 mL/day, respectively, p = 0.018). Multiple stepwise logistic regression showed that the differences remained significant both for daily water consumption ( p = 0.031, CI = 0.462–0.964) and for total daily liquid intake ( p = 0.029, CI = 0.938–0.997). Low water and liquids intake as a risk factor for BC may be related to the younger age of our subjects. The effect of age on the potential role of water intake in decreasing BC risk should be investigated.

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  • Yael Keren & Racheli Magnezi & Moshe Carmon & Yona Amitai, 2020. "Investigation of the Association between Drinking Water Habits and the Occurrence of Women Breast Cancer," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:20:p:7692-:d:432507
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