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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2009 Nov–Dec;16(6):1125–1131. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181a5ce60

Table 2.

Likelihood of refusal to participate versus willing to participate in the Radiological Evaluation And Breast Density (READ) study.

ET EPT

Unwilling to quit HT Refuse: Other reason Overall Unwilling to quit HT Refuse: Other reason Overall

OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)

Age at recruitment
 ≤ 55 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 56–60 0.89 (0.70, 1.14) 1.04 (0.79, 1.36) 0.95 (0.76, 1.18) 1.03 (0.79, 1.35) 1.27 (0.93, 1.73) 1.12 (0.87, 1.43)
 61–65 0.83 (0.64, 1.07) 1.13 (0.85, 1.50) 0.94 (0.74, 1.18) 0.96 (0.70, 1.32) 1.33 (0.93, 1.90) 1.09 (0.82, 1.46)
 66–70 1.06 (0.80, 1.41) 0.99 (0.72, 1.37) 1.04 (0.80, 1.34) 1.62 (1.08, 2.42) 1.58 (0.99, 2.51) 1.60 (1.10, 2.34)
 71+ 1.30 (0.98, 1.73) 1.90 (1.40, 2.58) 1.52 (1.18, 1.97) 1.00 (0.64, 1.59) 1.85 (1.15, 2.96) 1.31 (0.87, 1.96)

Caucasian
  No 0.98 (0.73, 1.31) 1.42 (1.05, 1.90) 1.15 (0.89, 1.49) 1.01 (0.65, 1.56) 1.63 (1.06, 2.53) 1.25 (0.85, 1.84)
 Yes 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Hispanic
 No 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 0.86 (0.50, 1.50) 1.46 (0.85, 2.49) 1.11 (0.69, 1.77) 1.21 (0.56, 2.60) 1.18 (0.51, 2.75) 1.20 (0.59, 2.42)

Education
 ≤High school 1.14 (0.87, 1.51) 1.67 (1.24, 2.25) 1.35 (1.05, 1.73) 1.43 (0.97, 2.10) 1.80 (1.20, 2.71) 1.57 (1.11, 2.23)
 Some college 1.03 (0.82, 1.30) 1.04 (0.80, 1.34) 1.04 (0.84, 1.27) 0.95 (0.73, 1.24) 1.06 (0.78, 1.43) 0.99 (0.78, 1.27)
 College graduate 1.04 (0.79, 1.38) 1.10 (0.80, 1.50) 1.07 (0.83, 1.37) 1.11 (0.82, 1.51) 1.05 (0.74, 1.48) 1.09 (0.83, 1.44)
 ≥Graduate school 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Self-reported duration of HT use from BSRR at index mammogram
 ≤2 years 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 3–4 years 1.10 (0.69, 1.75) 0.92 (0.55, 1.56) 1.02 (0.67, 1.56) 0.97 (0.66, 1.43) 1.05 (0.68, 1.60) 1.00 (0.71, 1.42)
 5–9 years 1.09 (0.73, 1.61) 0.97 (0.63, 1.50) 1.04 (0.73, 1.48) 1.23 (0.87, 1.75) 0.97 (0.65, 1.43) 1.13 (0.82, 1.55)
 10–14 years 1.06 (0.72, 1.57) 1.22 (0.79, 1.87) 1.13 (0.79, 1.60) 1.16 (0.80, 1.68) 1.26 (0.84, 1.88) 1.20 (0.86, 1.68)
 15+ years 1.22 (0.85, 1.75) 1.21 (0.82, 1.80) 1.22 (0.88, 1.68) 1.21 (0.82, 1.79) 1.42 (0.93, 2.17) 1.30 (0.91, 1.85)

Body mass index in kg/m2, at index mammogram
 <25 1.46 (1.18, 1.80) 1.26 (1.00, 1.59) 1.37 (1.13, 1.66) 1.12 (0.84, 1.49) 1.01 (0.75, 1.38) 1.07 (0.83, 1.39)
 25 to <30 1.18 (0.95, 1.47) 0.94 (0.74, 1.19) 1.07 (0.88, 1.30) 1.12 (0.83, 1.52) 0.80 (0.57, 1.12) 0.98 (0.75, 1.30)
 30+ 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Gail model risk score, lifetime
 <15% 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 15 – <20% 1.10 (0.74, 1.64) 1.13 (0.74, 1.75) 1.12 (0.78, 1.60) 0.65 (0.41, 1.04) 0.66 (0.39, 1.12) 0.66 (0.43, 1.00)
 20 – <30% 1.04 (0.59, 1.86) 0.99 (0.53, 1.87) 1.03 (0.61, 1.72) 1.02 (0.46, 2.23) 0.50 (0.17, 1.46) 0.81 (0.39, 1.70)
 ≥ 30% 0.71 (0.31, 1.66) 0.71 (0.28, 1.81) 0.71 (0.34, 1.50) 0.50 (0.08, 2.99) 0.37 (0.04, 3.56) 0.45 (0.09, 2.22)

First degree family history
 No 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 1.12 (0.89, 1.40) 1.10 (0.86, 1.41) 1.11 (0.90, 1.36) 0.83 (0.62, 1.11) 0.64 (0.45, 0.90) 0.75 (0.57, 0.98)

Mammographic breast density at index mammogram‡
 Scattered fibroglandular 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Heterogeneously dense 1.00 (0.83, 1.20) 0.94 (0.77, 1.15) 0.97 (0.82, 1.15) 1.09 (0.85, 1.39) 1.22 (0.93, 1.60) 1.14 (0.91, 1.42)
 Extremely dense 1.17 (0.84, 1.63) 0.90 (0.62, 1.31) 1.06 (0.78, 1.43) 0.87 (0.61, 1.25) 1.03 (0.69, 1.53) 0.93 (0.67, 1.29)

OR=Odds Ratio