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. 2009 Nov 10;102(1):42–47. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605421

Table 3. Age at which women with a family history reach the cumulative risk of women lacking a family history at age 40 years for incidence considering the diagnostic age of the relative.

  Maternal history Sororal history
Diagnostic age of relative (years) No.a Ageb (years) 95% CI ADc No.a Ageb (years) 95% CI ADc
0–39 10 30.5 28.2 33.5 −9.5 8 33.0 28.4 35.1 −7.0
40–49 45 33.7 33.1 35.1 −6.3 24 35.2 33.6 37.7 −4.8
50–59 75 35.4 34.2 36.8 −4.6 28 38.1 36.5 39.0 −1.9
60–72 97 37.3 36.4 38.1 −2.8 11 39.1 37.1 41.8 −0.9
73–82 41 38.6 36.5 40.1 −1.4          
>82 12 39.3 35.3 41.2 −0.8          

Abbreviations: AD=age difference; CI=confidence interval.

a

Number of cases until (Age).

b

Age to reach the same cumulative risk as women lacking a family history at age 40.

c

Difference between ‘Age’ and 40 years.