Association between lifestyle, dietary, reproductive, and anthropometric factors and circulating 27-hydroxycholesterol in EPIC-Heidelberg

Given that 27-hydroxycholesterol (27HC) is the first identified endogenous selective estrogen receptor modulator, the aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which dietary or lifestyle factors impact circulating 27HC concentrations in a large-scale setting. This cross-sectional analysis included 1,036 women aged 35–65 years who served as controls in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Heidelberg...