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Use of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplements among breast cancer survivors: the black women's health study
BACKGROUND: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use, including herbals and multivitamin supplements, is quite common in the U.S., and has been shown to be highest in breast cancer survivors. However, limited data are currently available for CAM usage among African Americans. Thus, we sought...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3095573/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21496245 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-11-30 |
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author | Bright-Gbebry, Mireille Makambi, Kepher H Rohan, JoyAnn Phillips Llanos, Adana A Rosenberg, Lynn Palmer, Julie R Adams-Campbell, Lucile L |
author_facet | Bright-Gbebry, Mireille Makambi, Kepher H Rohan, JoyAnn Phillips Llanos, Adana A Rosenberg, Lynn Palmer, Julie R Adams-Campbell, Lucile L |
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description | BACKGROUND: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use, including herbals and multivitamin supplements, is quite common in the U.S., and has been shown to be highest in breast cancer survivors. However, limited data are currently available for CAM usage among African Americans. Thus, we sought to determine the prevalence of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplement usage in African American breast cancer survivors, and to compare the characteristics of users and nonusers. METHODS: A cohort study of breast cancer survivors, who completed the 1999 Black Women's Health Study questionnaire and self-reported having been diagnosed with breast cancer between 1995 and 1999, comprised the study population. In this study, the intake of natural herbs, multivitamins and folic acid at least three days per week within the past two years was used as a proxy for typical usage of this complimentary alternative medicine (CAM) modality. RESULTS: A total of 998 breast cancer survivors were identified. Overall, 68.2% had used either herbals or multivitamin supplements or both. The three most frequently used herbals were garlic (21.2%), gingko (12.0%), and echinacea (9.4%). The multivariate analysis determined that single marital status (OR = 1.58; 95%CI: 1.04-2.41), and alcohol consumption of 1-3 drinks per week (OR = 1.86, 95%CI: 1.28-2.68) were significantly associated with increased herbal use. Multivitamin use was significantly lower among obese women (OR = 0.66, 95%CI: 0.46-0.94) and current smokers (OR = 0.53, 95%CI: 0.34-0.82). CONCLUSIONS: A significant number of African American breast cancer survivors are using herbals and multivitamins as CAM modality. Additional research is needed to understand the impact of herbals and multivitamins in African American breast cancer survivors. |
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spelling | pubmed-30955732011-05-17 Use of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplements among breast cancer survivors: the black women's health study Bright-Gbebry, Mireille Makambi, Kepher H Rohan, JoyAnn Phillips Llanos, Adana A Rosenberg, Lynn Palmer, Julie R Adams-Campbell, Lucile L BMC Complement Altern Med Research Article BACKGROUND: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use, including herbals and multivitamin supplements, is quite common in the U.S., and has been shown to be highest in breast cancer survivors. However, limited data are currently available for CAM usage among African Americans. Thus, we sought to determine the prevalence of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplement usage in African American breast cancer survivors, and to compare the characteristics of users and nonusers. METHODS: A cohort study of breast cancer survivors, who completed the 1999 Black Women's Health Study questionnaire and self-reported having been diagnosed with breast cancer between 1995 and 1999, comprised the study population. In this study, the intake of natural herbs, multivitamins and folic acid at least three days per week within the past two years was used as a proxy for typical usage of this complimentary alternative medicine (CAM) modality. RESULTS: A total of 998 breast cancer survivors were identified. Overall, 68.2% had used either herbals or multivitamin supplements or both. The three most frequently used herbals were garlic (21.2%), gingko (12.0%), and echinacea (9.4%). The multivariate analysis determined that single marital status (OR = 1.58; 95%CI: 1.04-2.41), and alcohol consumption of 1-3 drinks per week (OR = 1.86, 95%CI: 1.28-2.68) were significantly associated with increased herbal use. Multivitamin use was significantly lower among obese women (OR = 0.66, 95%CI: 0.46-0.94) and current smokers (OR = 0.53, 95%CI: 0.34-0.82). CONCLUSIONS: A significant number of African American breast cancer survivors are using herbals and multivitamins as CAM modality. Additional research is needed to understand the impact of herbals and multivitamins in African American breast cancer survivors. BioMed Central 2011-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3095573/ /pubmed/21496245 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-11-30 Text en Copyright ©2011 Bright-Gbebry et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bright-Gbebry, Mireille Makambi, Kepher H Rohan, JoyAnn Phillips Llanos, Adana A Rosenberg, Lynn Palmer, Julie R Adams-Campbell, Lucile L Use of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplements among breast cancer survivors: the black women's health study |
title | Use of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplements among breast cancer survivors: the black women's health study |
title_full | Use of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplements among breast cancer survivors: the black women's health study |
title_fullStr | Use of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplements among breast cancer survivors: the black women's health study |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplements among breast cancer survivors: the black women's health study |
title_short | Use of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplements among breast cancer survivors: the black women's health study |
title_sort | use of multivitamins, folic acid and herbal supplements among breast cancer survivors: the black women's health study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3095573/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21496245 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-11-30 |
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