id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_asz6onk32fcu3ih2erxiymnxqm J. A. Douglas Mammographic Breast Density--Evidence for Genetic Correlations with Established Breast Cancer Risk Factors 2008.0 9 .pdf application/pdf 7798 656 58 cancer risk factors, including breast density, and evaluated the evidence for shared genetic influences We conclude that the genetic components that influence breast density are not independent At present, however, the most commonly used quantitative measure of breast density is the ratio of dense area for percent breast density in a study of 1,370 women In addition to having a documented genetic component, breast density is known to vary with age, hypotheses here in the context of an ongoing familybased genetic study of breast density in women from the component due to individual-specific covariates, including age and menopausal status, the additive genetic breast was inversely related to and significantly genetically correlated with the number of live births (-0.47 F genetic factors that influence breast density and live birth breast density was genetically correlated with BMI in In addition to identifying significant genetic correlations between the dense and nondense areas of the breast ./cache/work_asz6onk32fcu3ih2erxiymnxqm.pdf ./txt/work_asz6onk32fcu3ih2erxiymnxqm.txt