Characteristics of Hispanic women, by country of birth and case-control status
| . | U.S.-born Hispanics . | . | . | Foreign-born Hispanics . | . | . | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Cases (n = 502) . | Controls (n = 427) . | P . | Cases (n = 489) . | Controls (n = 858) . | P . | ||||||
| Age (y) | 56.3 | 56.8 | 0.48 | 54.4 | 53.9 | 0.39 | ||||||
| Education (y) | 12.1 | 12.0 | 0.75 | 9.5 | 7.8 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Family history of breast cancer (%) | 17.2 | 14.1 | 0.19 | 11.7 | 5.5 | <0.01 | ||||||
| History of benign breast disease (%) | 17.7 | 17.8 | 0.98 | 16.4 | 9.1 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Age at menarche | 12.3 | 12.4 | 0.54 | 12.7 | 13.0 | <0.01 | ||||||
| No. full-term pregnancies | 2.7 | 3.2 | <0.01 | 3.1 | 3.9 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Age at first full-term pregnancy | 23.2 | 22.5 | 0.06 | 24.1 | 23.1 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Lifetime breast-feeding (mo) | 6.8 | 7.7 | 0.31 | 18.7 | 25.6 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Premenopausal (%) | 35.1 | 34.2 | 0.78 | 40.9 | 39.2 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Postmenopausal (%) | ||||||||||||
| Natural menopause | 36.9 | 33.7 | 0.32 | 38.5 | 44.2 | 0.04 | ||||||
| Surgical menopause* | 14.5 | 17.1 | 0.29 | 12.1 | 8.7 | 0.05 | ||||||
| Unknown† | 13.6 | 15.0 | 0.53 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 0.67 | ||||||
| Age at natural menopause (y) | 49.4 | 48.8 | 0.30 | 48.4 | 47.6 | 0.09 | ||||||
| Postmenopausal hormone therapy use (%) | 61.0 | 66.6 | 0.16 | 58.8 | 48.5 | <0.01 | ||||||
| BMI (premenopausal women) | 27.1 | 29.3 | <0.01 | 27.6 | 29.3 | <0.01 | ||||||
| BMI (postmenopausal women) | 29.2 | 30.3 | 0.03 | 29.4 | 29.6 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Height (cm) | 157.9 | 157.4 | 0.25 | 156.0 | 154.5 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Lifetime physical activity (h/wk) | 16.9 | 17.9 | 0.31 | 17.0 | 19.9 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Alcohol consumption (g/d)‡ | 6.5 | 3.8 | 0.03 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Caloric intake (kcal/d)‡ | 2154 | 2082 | 0.20 | 2311 | 2233 | 0.12 | ||||||
| Fat intake (g/d)‡ | 81.0 | 76.9 | 0.10 | 75.0 | 67.8 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Dietary fiber intake (g/d)‡ | 21.9 | 22.0 | 0.82 | 28.5 | 31.2 | <0.01 | ||||||
| . | U.S.-born Hispanics . | . | . | Foreign-born Hispanics . | . | . | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Cases (n = 502) . | Controls (n = 427) . | P . | Cases (n = 489) . | Controls (n = 858) . | P . | ||||||
| Age (y) | 56.3 | 56.8 | 0.48 | 54.4 | 53.9 | 0.39 | ||||||
| Education (y) | 12.1 | 12.0 | 0.75 | 9.5 | 7.8 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Family history of breast cancer (%) | 17.2 | 14.1 | 0.19 | 11.7 | 5.5 | <0.01 | ||||||
| History of benign breast disease (%) | 17.7 | 17.8 | 0.98 | 16.4 | 9.1 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Age at menarche | 12.3 | 12.4 | 0.54 | 12.7 | 13.0 | <0.01 | ||||||
| No. full-term pregnancies | 2.7 | 3.2 | <0.01 | 3.1 | 3.9 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Age at first full-term pregnancy | 23.2 | 22.5 | 0.06 | 24.1 | 23.1 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Lifetime breast-feeding (mo) | 6.8 | 7.7 | 0.31 | 18.7 | 25.6 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Premenopausal (%) | 35.1 | 34.2 | 0.78 | 40.9 | 39.2 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Postmenopausal (%) | ||||||||||||
| Natural menopause | 36.9 | 33.7 | 0.32 | 38.5 | 44.2 | 0.04 | ||||||
| Surgical menopause* | 14.5 | 17.1 | 0.29 | 12.1 | 8.7 | 0.05 | ||||||
| Unknown† | 13.6 | 15.0 | 0.53 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 0.67 | ||||||
| Age at natural menopause (y) | 49.4 | 48.8 | 0.30 | 48.4 | 47.6 | 0.09 | ||||||
| Postmenopausal hormone therapy use (%) | 61.0 | 66.6 | 0.16 | 58.8 | 48.5 | <0.01 | ||||||
| BMI (premenopausal women) | 27.1 | 29.3 | <0.01 | 27.6 | 29.3 | <0.01 | ||||||
| BMI (postmenopausal women) | 29.2 | 30.3 | 0.03 | 29.4 | 29.6 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Height (cm) | 157.9 | 157.4 | 0.25 | 156.0 | 154.5 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Lifetime physical activity (h/wk) | 16.9 | 17.9 | 0.31 | 17.0 | 19.9 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Alcohol consumption (g/d)‡ | 6.5 | 3.8 | 0.03 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Caloric intake (kcal/d)‡ | 2154 | 2082 | 0.20 | 2311 | 2233 | 0.12 | ||||||
| Fat intake (g/d)‡ | 81.0 | 76.9 | 0.10 | 75.0 | 67.8 | <0.01 | ||||||
| Dietary fiber intake (g/d)‡ | 21.9 | 22.0 | 0.82 | 28.5 | 31.2 | <0.01 | ||||||