Adipose tissue levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and breast cancer risk in Chinese women: A case–control study
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong (China)
- Clinical Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong (China)
- Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong (China)
Highlights: • Associations between adipose tissue PBDE levels and breast cancer risk were assessed. • Levels of most individual PBDE congeners were higher in breast-cancer cases than controls. • Breast-cancer risk was increased with both 2nd and 3rd tertiles of BDE-47 and BDE-209 levels with a trend. • Breast-cancer risk was also increased with the 3rd tertile of BDE-28, 99, 100, 138, 153, 154, and ∑PBDE levels. • PBDE concentrations are associated with breast-cancer risk in women in Chaoshan, China. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are suspected to be associated with breast cancer risk because of their estrogenic potencies. Epidemiological studies of PBDEs and breast cancer are scarce. Our study aimed to estimate the association between adipose-tissue PBDE concentrations and breast cancer risk. A total of 209 breast cancer cases and 165 controls were recruited from hospitals between January 2014 and May 2016 in Shantou, Chaoshan area, China. Concentrations of 14 PBDE congeners were measured in adipose tissues obtained from the breast for cases and the abdomen/breast for controls during surgery. Demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics were obtained from medical records. Breast cancer risk as well as clinicopathologic characteristics were evaluated by adipose-tissue PBDE level. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for breast cancer risk associated with levels of PBDE congeners were estimated from logistic regression models for all cases and stratified by estrogen receptor (ER) status. Level of total PBDEs (∑PBDE) and most individual PBDE congeners were higher in breast cancer cases than controls (median ∑PBDE, 94.99 vs 73.72 ng/g lipid). In the adjusted univariate model for all cases, breast cancer risk was increased with both 2nd and 3rd tertiles versus the 1st tertile of BDE-47 level (OR 2.05 [95% CI 1.08–3.92]; 5.47 [2.96–10.11]) and BDE-209 level (2.48 [1.30–4.73]; 4.72 [2.52–8.83]) with trend (both P < 0.001) and with the 3rd tertile of BDE-28 level (2.83 [1.63–4.92]), BDE-99 (3.22 [1.85–5.60]), BDE-100 (5.45 [2.90–10.23]), BDE-138 (2.40 [1.37–4.20]), BDE-153 (1.74 [1.02–2.97]), BDE-154 (1.84 [1.05–3.22]), and ∑PBDE levels (1.83 [1.07–3.14]) but decreased with the 3rd tertile of BDE-71 level (0.38 [0.22–0.65]) with trend (all P < 0.01). After stratifying by ER-positive or -negative status, the adjusted results were similar for ER-positive patients except for BDE-153 and BDE-154, with no statistical significance. In the multivariate model for all cases, age, menarche age, BDE-47, 71, 99, 100, 183 and 209 were independent factors associated with breast-cancer risk. ∑PBDE and most individual PBDE congeners investigated were positively associated with breast cancer risk in women from the Chaoshan area, China. PBDE may play a role in the occurrence and development of breast cancer.
- OSTI ID:
- 23107914
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Research, Vol. 167; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0013-9351
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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