American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 148, No. 6: 556-563
Copyright © 1998 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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Electric Blanket Use and Breast Cancer Risk among Younger Women
1Division of Epidemiology, Columbia School of Public Health New York, NY
2Applied Cancer Epidemiology Program, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Trenton, NJ
3Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA
4Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA
5Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA
6Department of Biostatistics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University Atlanta, GA
7Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
To investigate whether use of electric blankets, one of the largest sources of electromagnetic field exposure in the home, is associated with the risk of female breast cancer, the authors analyzed data from a population-based US case-control study. The 2,199 case patients were under age 55 years and had been newly diagnosed with breast cancer between 1990 and 1992. The 2,009 controls were frequency-matched to cases by 5-year age group and geographic area. There was little or no risk associated with ever having used electric blankets, mattress pads, or heated water beds among women under age 45 years (adjusted odds ratio = 1.01, 95% confidence interval 0.86–1.18) or among women aged 
45 years (adjusted odds ratio = 1.12, 95% confidence interval 0.87–1.43). There was no substantial variation in risk with duration of use; with whether the appliance was used only to warm the bed or used throughout the night; with menopausal status; or with the cases' hormone receptor status or stage of disease. Potential breast cancer risk factors that were associated with electric blanket use did not substantially confound the associations under investigation. These data do not support the hypothesis that electric blanket use increases breast cancer risk among women under age 55 years. Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:556–63.
bedding and linens; breast neoplasms; electromagnetic fields; receptors; estrogen; receptors; progesterone
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