Inverse associations with breast cancer were seen in fully-adjusted models, for 2nd and 3rd tertiles of ox-LDL, OR (95% CI): 0.65 (0.47–0.90), 0.63 (0.45–0.89) respectively, p-trend = 0.01; and for the 3rd tertile of TNF-α, 0.65 (0.43–0.99), p-trend = 0.04. Here, TNF is linked to breast cancer.