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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Dec;17(12):3474–3481. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2636

Table 3.

Regression coefficients from model fits of mammographic measures against height, age at menarche and number of live births, after adjusting for weight of self and co-twin (* estimates and standard errors are multiplied by 100). Associations nominally significant at the .05 level are shown in bold.

Model I Model II Model III Model IV
Est. * (SE) Est. * (SE) Est. * (SE) Est. * (SE)
Height (cm)
 Dense area Self 0.62 (0.25) 0.54 (0.26) 0.54 (0.26)
Co-twin 0.61 (0.25) 0.53 (0.25) MZ 0.56 (0.25)
DZ 0.53 (0.14)

 Non-dense area Self 1.54 (0.17) 1.42 (0.17) 2.81 (0.17)
Co-twin 0.95 (0.18) 0.73 (0.17) MZ 0.73 (0.17)
DZ 0.73 (0.18)

Age at menarche (yrs)
 Dense area Self 2.48 (1.16) 2.61 (1.16) 2.60 (1.15)
Co-twin 2.68 (1.17) 2.80 (1.15) MZ 2.87 (1.15)
DZ 2.64 (1.17)

 Non-dense area Self 2.20 (0.78) 2.34 (0.78) 4.74 (0.78)
Co-twin −1.14 (0.78) −1.37 (0.78) MZ −1.32 (0.78)
DZ −1.48 (0.80)

Live births (number)
 Dense area Self 4.16 (1.17) 4.41 (1.21) 4.44 (1.21)
Co-twin 0.17 (0.12) −0.10 (0.12) MZ −0.11 (0.13)
DZ −0.07 (0.15)

 Non-dense area Self 4.01 (0.91) 3.98 (0.99) 4.08 (0.83)
Co-twin −1.35 (0.93) −0.09 (1.00) MZ 0.24 (0.89)
DZ −0.67 (1.04)