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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Apr 3;33(4):576–585. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-1014

Table 2.

Association of fibroids with breast cancer, stratified by race/ethnicity

Age Adjusted Partially Adjusted Fully Adjusted
Person-Years Breast Cancer Events HR (95% CI)1 HR (95% CI)1 HR (95% CI)1
non-Black women (includes non-Hispanic White women, Hispanic women, and other non-Black women)
Fibroids
 No Fibroids 29,501 2,609 Ref Ref Ref
 Fibroids 15,018 1,439 1.05 (0.99 to 1.12) 1.04 (0.98 to 1.11) 1.07 (1.00 to 1.15)
Fibroids +/− Surgery
 No Fibroids 29,501 2,609 Ref Ref Ref
 Fibroids Without Surgery 6,861 658 1.09 (1.00 to 1.19) 1.07 (0.98 to 1.16) 1.06 (0.97 to 1.16)
 Fibroids With Hysterectomy Only 3,080 333 1.16 (1.04 to 1.31) 1.13 (1.01 to 1.27) 1.17 (1.04 to 1.31)
 Fibroids With Bilateral Oophorectomy 5,078 448 0.94 (0.85 to 1.04) 0.95 (0.86 to 1.05) 0.97 (0.87 to 1.08)
Non-Hispanic Black / African American women
 Fibroids
 No Fibroids 1,561 121 Ref Ref Ref
 Fibroids 2,420 250 1.30 (1.04 to 1.62) 1.31 (1.05 to 1.64) 1.34 (1.07 to 1.69)
Fibroids +/− Surgery
 No Fibroids 1,561 121 Ref Ref Ref
 Fibroids Without Surgery 1,037 103 1.31 (1.01 to 1.71) 1.32 (1.01 to 1.73) 1.34 (1.02 to 1.75)
 Fibroids With Hysterectomy Only 708 77 1.35 (1.01 to 1.80) 1.34 (1.00 to 1.80) 1.37 (1.02 to 1.85)
 Fibroids With Bilateral Oophorectomy 675 70 1.23 (0.91 to 1.66) 1.26 (0.92 to 1.71) 1.24 (0.90 to 1.71)
Wald Test for Heterogeneity of association between fibroids and breast cancer by race/ethnicity
 p-value 0.12 0.10 0.08
1

HR = Hazard Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval