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Assessing Vitamin D and Mammographic Breast Density in Alaskan Women

by
Narjust Duma
1,*,
Ivana Croghan
2,
Sarah Jenkins
3,
Celine Vachon
3,
Loni Neal
2,
Karthik Ghosh
2 and
Sandhya Pruthi
2
1
Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
2
Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
3
Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2020, 10(4), 1253; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2020.1253
Submission received: 27 March 2020 / Revised: 27 July 2020 / Accepted: 25 September 2020 / Published: 15 October 2020

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency and high breast density may be associated with increased breast cancer risk. We examined a possible association between vitamin D levels and mammographic breast density in a population of Alaskan women. Patients seen in the Mayo Clinic-Alaska Native Medical Center telemedicine program from December 2014 to December 2017 were enrolled in the study. Pearson correlation was used to estimate the association between mammographic breast density and vitamin D levels. Of the 33 women enrolled, 70% of women self-identified as American Indian/Alaskan Native, 12% as White, 6% as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and 12% as other. Nineteen (58%) participants were taking vitamin D supplementation. No correlation was identified between breast density and serum vitamin D levels overall (correlation= –0.03). Larger studies controlling for vitamin supplementation are needed, as this association could potentially impact breast cancer rates in populations at risk for vitamin D deficiency.
Keywords: breast density; vitamin D; Alaskan native; telemedicine breast density; vitamin D; Alaskan native; telemedicine

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Duma, N.; Croghan, I.; Jenkins, S.; Vachon, C.; Neal, L.; Ghosh, K.; Pruthi, S. Assessing Vitamin D and Mammographic Breast Density in Alaskan Women. Clin. Pract. 2020, 10, 1253. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2020.1253

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Duma N, Croghan I, Jenkins S, Vachon C, Neal L, Ghosh K, Pruthi S. Assessing Vitamin D and Mammographic Breast Density in Alaskan Women. Clinics and Practice. 2020; 10(4):1253. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2020.1253

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Duma, Narjust, Ivana Croghan, Sarah Jenkins, Celine Vachon, Loni Neal, Karthik Ghosh, and Sandhya Pruthi. 2020. "Assessing Vitamin D and Mammographic Breast Density in Alaskan Women" Clinics and Practice 10, no. 4: 1253. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2020.1253

APA Style

Duma, N., Croghan, I., Jenkins, S., Vachon, C., Neal, L., Ghosh, K., & Pruthi, S. (2020). Assessing Vitamin D and Mammographic Breast Density in Alaskan Women. Clinics and Practice, 10(4), 1253. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2020.1253

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