Representatives of the white race are more likely to develop breast cancer than blacks or Asians, the study conducted by Oxford University staff, suggests.

Scientists have studied the habits of life, as well as medical data over a million women aged 50 to 64 living in the UK. It has been found that risk of breast cancer in Asian women is lower by 18%, and in blacks it is 15% lower compared with white women, The Guardian reports.

The study showed, that it is partially linked to a bigger number of children, that have African and Asian women compared to British women. Besides, Asian and African women prefer to feed their babies breast milk, which has a positive effect on women's health. Breastfeeding practice 69% of European women, while this figure for blacks is 83%, and Asians - 85%.

The study also found that white women are more likely to use alcohol, which has a positive influence on the development of breast cancer. Thus, the study found that 75 percent of Asian women do not drink alcoholic beverages (among blacks the figure was 38 percent, and among whites - 23 percent).

Besides, white women are more likely to use hormone replacement therapy during menopause.