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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Mar;125(3):799–810. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181cb5e29

Table 2.

Breast Implant Surgery and Baseline Characteristics at Time of Recruitment Among WHI OSa Participants Without Breast Cancer at Baseline

Number Percent
Body mass index

< 18.5 33 3.1
18.5-24.9 776 2.2
25-29.9 327 1.1
30-34.9 74 0.5
35-39.9 19 0.4
≥ 40 12 0.4
Waist
> 88 cm 162 0.5
≤ 88 cm 1090 1.9
Ethnicity
Native American 6 1.5
Asian 42 1.7
Black 36 0.5
Hispanic 59 1.7
White 1090 1.5
Other 20 2.0

Age at Screening
for WHI

50-59 646 2.3
60-69 495 1.3
70-79 116 0.6
Total 1257 1.4
Region
Northeast 120 0.6
South 443 2.0
Midwest 163 0.9
West 531 2.1
Education
≤High School 200 1.1
<College 533 1.7
College 152 1.5
>College 365 1.4
Income
≤10K 37 1.0
10K to <20K 92 1.0
20K to <35K 210 1.1
35K to <50K 225 1.4
50K to <75K 243 1.5
75K to <100K 141 1.8
100K to <150K 142 2.5
≥150K 86 2.7
Hormone Use
Never used 242 0.7
Past user 164 1.3
Current user 843 2.1
Smoking Status
Never smoked 560 1.3
Past smoker 564 1.5
Current smoker 115 2.1
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Women's Health Initiative Observational Study