Table 1 Participant characteristics at time of mammogram for breast cancer cases and controls by menopausal status.

From: Automated percent mammographic density, mammographic texture variation, and risk of breast cancer: a nested case-control study

 

All

Premenopausal

Postmenopausal

Cases (N = 1900)

Controls (N = 3921)

Cases (N = 844)

Controls (N = 1877)

Cases (N = 947)

Controls (N = 1800)

Mean (SD)

 Age (years)

53.3 (9.0)

52.6 (8.9)

45.8 (4.5)

46 (4.4)

60.1 (6.9)

59.6 (7.5)

 BMI (kg/m2)

25.6 (4.9)

25.9 (5.3)

25.1 (5.0)

25.6 (5.4)

25.9 (4.7)

26.1 (5.1)

 PMD

37.6 (19.8)

32.1 (19.6)

46.1 (18.4)

39.3 (19.1)

29.7 (17.9)

24.9 (17.2)

 APD

18.5 (4.5)

17.5 (4.7)

19.8 (3.8)

18.7 (4.2)

17.3 (4.7)

16.2 (4.9)

 V

0.1 (0.9)

−0.1 (1.0)

0.4 (0.9)

0.1 (0.9)

−0.1 (1.0)

−0.3 (0.9)

 Year of mammogram

1994.9 (4.5)

1995.8 (4.8)

1996.4 (4.3)

1996.8 (4.4)

1993.8 (4.2)

1994.9 (4.9)

 Year of diagnosis

1999.4 (4.4)

 

2001 (4.2)

 

1998.1 (4.2)

 

N (%)

      

Cohort

      

 NHS

1179 (62.1)

2163 (55.2)

256 (30.3)

546 (29.1)

836 (88.3)

1458 (81)

 NHSII

721 (37.9)

1758 (44.8)

588 (69.7)

1331 (70.9)

111 (11.7)

342 (19)

HT use

      

 Never

1109 (58.4)

2505 (63.9)

844 (100)

1877 (100)

234 (24.7)

540 (30)

 Past

574 (30.2)

949 (24.2)

  

510 (53.9)

832 (46.2)

 Current

177 (9.3)

404 (10.3)

  

168 (17.7)

373 (20.7)

 Unknown

40 (2.1)

63 (1.6)

  

35 (3.7)

55 (3.1)

ER status

      

 ER+

1253 (65.9)

 

565 (66.9)

 

616 (65)

 

 ER−

279 (14.7)

 

135 (16)

 

131 (13.8)

 

 Unknown

368 (19.4)

 

144 (17.1)

 

200 (21.1)

 

PR status

      

 PR+

1070 (56.3)

 

513 (60.8)

 

496 (52.4)

 

 PR−

429 (22.6)

 

178 (21.1)

 

228 (24.1)

 

 Unknown

401 (21.1)

 

153 (18.1)

 

223 (23.5)

 

ER/PR status

      

 ER+/PR+

1036 (54.5)

 

500 (59.2)

 

476 (50.3)

 

 ER+/PR−

188 (9.9)

 

56 (6.6)

 

120 (12.7)

 

 ER−/PR−

241 (12.7)

 

122 (14.5)

 

108 (11.4)

 

 Unknown

435 (22.9)

 

166 (19.7)

 

243 (25.7)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, PMD percent mammographic density, V variation measure, HT Postmenopausal hormone therapy, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor.