Incidence rate ratios of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer and for the two upper tertiles (T2 and T3) of cadmium exposure compared with lowest tertile (T1, Referent).

Abbreviations: IRR, incidence rate ratio; CI, confidence interval; Cd, cadmium.In the linear analyses, dietary cadmium was entered as a continuous variable; IRRs were estimated per 10 µg/day higher intake in dietary cadmium.Age is underlying time-scale.aAdjusted for educational level (10 y), smoking status (never; former; current), number of births (0; 1–2; 3–8), age at first birth (years, continuous), HRT status (never; former; current), HRT use (years, continuous), age at menarche (years, continuous), BMI (continuous), height (cm, continuous), physical activity (MET score, continuous) and alcohol intake (yes/no and g/day, continuous).Adjusted model results are shown.