Table 6.

Studies of dietary patterns in adulthood and breast density.

Author, year	Study population, n	Design	Age	Foods/nutrients of interest	Dietary assessment	Outcome	Major significant results	Adjustments
Mishra et al. 2011 [13] (also in Table 1)	BBC n = 700  (England)	PC	36, 43 y/51 y (“habitual adult” dietary patterns)	Dietary patterns: (1) low fat, fiber (2) alcohol and fish (3) high fat and sugar (4) meat, potatoes, and vegetables	5-day food records	PBD, ADT, ANDT (Mammogram; Cumulus)	Null	Mammographic view, age at mammogram, BMI at 53, age at menarche, menopausal status at the time of mammography, HT use, parity, smoking status, PA, social class, other three dietary patterns, energy
Tseng et al. 2008 [33]	MBCFSC n = 1,286 (US, NH-White)	CS	57 y	MDS	153-item validated FFQ	PBD (Mammogram: semiautomated threshold method)	CCurrent smokers (n = 176) and the MDS (continuous): β = −1.68 (SE = 0.55) MDS category: β CAT3  versus  CAT1 = −7.17 (SE = 2.77)	Age, total energy, menopausal status, education, HRT, BMI, WHR, age at menarche, parity and age at first live birth (combined variable), alcohol, relation to proband
Tseng et al. 2008 [33]	MBCFSC n = 1, 286  (US, NH-White)	CS	57 y	Dietary patterns: (1) fruit-vegetable-cereal pattern (2) salad-sauce-pasta/grain pattern (3) meat-starch pattern	153-item validated FFQ	PBD (Mammogram: semiautomated method)	Smokers: fruit-vegetable-cereal pattern: β = −0.30 (SE = 0.13) Salad-sauce-pasta/grain pattern: (β = −0.27) (SE = 0.15, P = 0.06)	Age, total energy, menopausal status, education, PA, HRT, BMI, WHR, age at menarche, parity and age at first birth, alcohol, relation to proband