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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Nov;17(11):3284–3287. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0577

Table 3.

Recency of breast cancer according to breast-feeding and pregnancy weight gain: Collaborative Breast Cancer Study (1996–2001)

Any Breast-feeding No Breast-feeding

Recency of last birth Cases Controls OR* 95% CI Cases Controls OR* 95% CI


Nulliparous 274 255 1.00 Ref - - - -
>10 years 472 515 1.11 0.82–1.50 480 538 1.11 0.84–1.48
>5–10 years 170 175 1.18 0.80–1.74 105 97 1.25 0.83–1.90
≤5 years 141 133 1.24 0.80–1.91 64 43 1.64 0.97–2.78
p trend 0.32 0.12
Interaction term p-value 0.30

< 24% increase in weight ≥ 24% increase in weight

Recency of last birth Cases Controls OR* 95% CI Cases Controls OR* 95% CI


Nulliparous 274 255 1.00 Ref - - - -
>10 years 431 484 1.09 0.81–1.47 452 494 1.10 0.82–1.48
>5–10 years 133 111 1.40 0.93–2.12 124 150 0.91 0.61–1.36
≤5 years 92 77 1.39 0.86–2.24 97 91 1.10 0.69–1.74
p trend 0.18 0.62
Interaction term p-value 0.09
*

Adjusted for age, state, parity, age at first birth, education, mammogram in last 5 years, family history, body-mass index, benign breast disease.

Breastfeeding and weight gain according to years since most recent birth among parous women.

197 women with missing data for weight change.