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. 2010 Jan 25;28(6):1005–1010. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.0423

Table 3.

Risk of Breast Cancer Associated With Migraine History Stratified by NSAID Use

NSAID Use Category No. of Incident Cases Without a Migraine History No. of Incident Cases With a Migraine History Adjusted for Age and Race/Ethnicity
Multivariate Adjusted Analysis*
HR 95% CI HR 95% CI
Not currently using NSAIDs
    Any breast cancer 2,355 247 0.90 0.79 to 1.03 0.89 0.78 to 1.02
    Invasive breast cancer 1,930 211 0.94 0.82 to 1.09 0.93 0.80 to 1.07
    ER- and PR-positive invasive breast cancer 1,080 105 0.83 0.68 to 1.02 0.79 0.64 to 0.98
Current NSAID users
    Any breast cancer 1,241 164 0.86 0.73 to 1.02 0.88 0.74 to 1.04
    Invasive breast cancer 1,042 135 0.85 0.71 to 1.02 0.87 0.72 to 1.04
    ER- and PR-positive invasive breast cancer 613 80 0.87 0.69 to 1.10 0.88 0.69 to 1.12
Current NSAID users for < 3 years
    Any breast cancer 586 57 0.74 0.56 to 0.97 0.74 0.56 to 0.97
    Invasive breast cancer 488 52 0.81 0.60 to 1.07 0.81 0.60 to 1.08
    ER- and PR-positive invasive breast cancer 276 34 0.95 0.66 to 1.35 0.96 0.66 to 1.39
Current NSAID users for ≥ 3 years
    Any breast cancer 655 107 0.96 0.78 to 1.18 0.98 0.79 to 1.21
    Invasive breast cancer 554 83 0.89 0.70 to 1.12 0.91 0.72 to 1.15
    ER- and PR-positive invasive breast cancer 337 46 0.81 0.60 to 1.11 0.83 0.61 to 1.14

Abbreviations: NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; HR, hazard ratio; ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor.

*

Multivariate adjusted HRs are adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and the following baseline characteristics: hysterectomy, use of menopausal hormones, alcohol consumption, smoking status, and regular coffee consumption. The 3,332 women with a known NSAID use history but with missing data for one or more of the covariates adjusted for in the multivariate models were excluded from these analyses.

P < .05.