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Table 1.

Comparison of cases and controls for demographic and selected breast cancer risk factors among subjects with genotype information, the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study

Subject characteristics*Cases(n=1,130)Controls(n=1,196)P
Demographic factors    
    Age(y) 47.6±8.0 47.2±8.7 0.20 
    Education(%high school or more) 43.6 43.1 0.81 
Reproductive risk factors    
    Age at menarche 14.5±1.6 14.7±1.7 <0.01 
    Age at menopause 48.2±4.7 47.4±5.0 0.03 
    Age at first live birth 26.8±4.1 26.2±3.8 <0.01 
    Total years of menstruation 29.8±5.1 28.5±5.5 <0.01 
    No. live births 1.48±0.81 1.52±0.86 0.24 
Other risk factors    
    Breast cancer among first degree relatives(%) 3.4 2.4 0.14 
    Ever had breast fibroadenoma(%) 9.7 5.3 <0.01 
    Ever used hormone replacement therapy(%) 2.5 2.5 0.97 
    BMI (kg/m223.5 ± 3.4 23.2 ± 3.4 0.01 
    WHR 0.81 ± 0.06 0.80 ± 0.06 <0.01 
    Alcohol consumption(% ever) 3.6 3.9 0.70 
    Physically active during past 10 years(%) 19.4 26.1 <0.01 
    Ever used oral contraceptive(%) 21.4 21.5 0.97 
Subject characteristics*Cases(n=1,130)Controls(n=1,196)P
Demographic factors    
    Age(y) 47.6±8.0 47.2±8.7 0.20 
    Education(%high school or more) 43.6 43.1 0.81 
Reproductive risk factors    
    Age at menarche 14.5±1.6 14.7±1.7 <0.01 
    Age at menopause 48.2±4.7 47.4±5.0 0.03 
    Age at first live birth 26.8±4.1 26.2±3.8 <0.01 
    Total years of menstruation 29.8±5.1 28.5±5.5 <0.01 
    No. live births 1.48±0.81 1.52±0.86 0.24 
Other risk factors    
    Breast cancer among first degree relatives(%) 3.4 2.4 0.14 
    Ever had breast fibroadenoma(%) 9.7 5.3 <0.01 
    Ever used hormone replacement therapy(%) 2.5 2.5 0.97 
    BMI (kg/m223.5 ± 3.4 23.2 ± 3.4 0.01 
    WHR 0.81 ± 0.06 0.80 ± 0.06 <0.01 
    Alcohol consumption(% ever) 3.6 3.9 0.70 
    Physically active during past 10 years(%) 19.4 26.1 <0.01 
    Ever used oral contraceptive(%) 21.4 21.5 0.97 
*

Values are presented in means ± SD among cases and controls unless noted otherwise.

Among postmenopausal women.

Among parous women.

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