Table 4.
Estrogen receptor-positive | Estrogen receptor-negative | |||||||||
NSAID use | Number of cancers | Person-years | Relative riska | 95% confidence interval | P value for trend | Number of cancers | Person-years | Relative riska | 95% confidence interval | P value for trend |
Aspirin useb | ||||||||||
Never | 493 | 280,706 | 1.00 (referent) | 0.06 | 88 | 279,308 | 1.00 (referent) | 0.54 | ||
<1/week | 464 | 262,491 | 0.98 | 0.86 to 1.11 | 93 | 261,137 | 1.09 | 0.81 to 1.47 | ||
1–6/week | 243 | 131,724 | 1.00 | 0.86 to 1.17 | 42 | 131,022 | 1.01 | 0.70 to 1.47 | ||
1+/day | 223 | 143,476 | 0.84 | 0.71 to 0.98 | 52 | 142,852 | 1.14 | 0.81 to 1.62 | ||
Nonaspirin NSAID useb | ||||||||||
Never | 541 | 325,816 | 1.00 (referent) | 0.86 | 108 | 324,250 | 1.00 (referent) | 0.64 | ||
<1/week | 466 | 258,767 | 1.04 | 0.92 to 1.18 | 96 | 257,460 | 1.08 | 0.81 to 1.43 | ||
1–6/week | 230 | 124,804 | 1.07 | 0.92 to 1.26 | 36 | 124,115 | 0.85 | 0.58 to 1.25 | ||
1+/day | 186 | 107,763 | 0.98 | 0.83 to 1.16 | 36 | 107,241 | 0.97 | 0.66 to 1.42 |
The threshold for a positive estrogen receptor was ≥10 fmol receptor/mg total protein. aAdjusted for age (continuous), race, age at first birth, hormone therapy use, number of breast biopsies, alcohol intake, history of hypertension, and family history of breast cancer in first-degree relative. bThese models also include terms for frequency of use of opposite NSAID type.