Plasma Folate Concentrations Are Positively Associated with Risk of Estrogen Receptor β Negative Breast Cancer in a Swedish Nested Case Control Study1,2
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Abbreviations used:
ER
estrogen receptor
5-methyl THF
5-methyl tetrahydrofolate
MTHFR
methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase
MDC
Malmö diet and cancer
MHT
menopausal hormone therapy
OR
odds ratio
PR
progesterone receptor
SNP
single nucleotide polymorphism
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Supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council (K2006-27X-20060-01-3); the Swedish Research Council Formas (222-2005-1833); the Swedish Cancer Society (4886-B03-01XAB); The Albert Påhlsson Foundation; The Swedish Nutrition Foundation; and the City of Malmö. The funding organizations had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of results, writing of the report, or decision to submit the paper for publication.
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Author disclosures: U. Ericson, S. Borgquist, M. I. L. Ivarsson, E. Sonestedt, B. Gullberg, J. Carlson, H. Olsson, K. Jirström, and E. Wirfaumllt, no conflicts of interest.
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