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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Mar;16(3):416–421. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0737

Table 5.

Association of statin use and breast cancer risk by hormone use

Statin users Breast cancer cases Disease free Multivariable-adjusted HR (95% CI)* P for interaction
n=2,707
%
n=90,081
%
Non-users of HT 49.3 56.6 1.29 (0.99–1.68)
Estrogen only users 19.3 19.2 1.02 (0.70–1.49) 0.31
Estrogen + progestin users 31.4 24.2 0.83 (0.59–1.17) 0.04

HR=hazard ratio and CI=confidence interval

*

Multivariable-adjusted models include age, HT use, diabetes, other lipid lowering drug use, and BMI