RE: "BEING BREASTFED IN INFANCY AND BREAST CANCER INCIDENCE IN ADULT LIFE: RESULTS FROM THE TWO NURSES' HEALTH STUDIES"
During the publishing process, the figures in the recent Journalarticle by Michels et al. (1) were transposed inadvertently.In addition, the key for figure 2, which describes the threeline patterns used, was omitted. The correct figures follow.
FIGURE 2. Duration of having been breastfed as an infant among participants in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) (19211945) and the Nurses' Health Study II (NHS II) (19461965). Women who were never breastfed are not included.
FIGURE 1. Percentage of women who were breastfed, by year of birth, Nurses' Health Study (NHS) (19211945) and Nurses' Health Study II (NHS II) (19461965).
The Journal and the authors regret the error.
REFERENCE
Michels KB, Trichopoulos D, Rosner BA. Being breastfed in infancy and breast cancer incidence in adult life: results from the two Nurses' Health Studies. Am J Epidemiol 2001;153:27583.[Abstract/Free Full Text]