Fig. 1

Mediating effects of the association between sugar sweetened beverages and risk of breast cancer by anthropo-metabolic markers in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. ^aAdjusted for age, education level, occupation, annual personal income, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, age at menarche and menopause, parity and breastfeeding history, oral contraceptive use, hormone replacement therapy, self-reported health status, family history of breast cancer, and daily dietary energy intake. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001