Table 3.

Hazard ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) of dying from breast cancer according to birth length and ponderal index.

	A	B	C
	N = 329	N = 293	N = 246
Birth length
1st quintile (< 48 cm)	1.0 (reference)	1.0 (reference)	1.0 (reference)
2-4th quintiles (48-52 cm)	1.07 (0.61, 1.86)	1.15 (0.64, 2.08)	1.21 (0.61, 2.39)
5th quintile (> 52 cm)	1.84 (1.03, 3.28)	1.88 (1.03, 3.45)	2.17 (1.06, 4.45)
Ponderal index
1st quintile	1.0 (reference)	1.0 (reference)	1.0 (reference)
2-4th quintiles	0.93 (0.54, 1.61)	0.82 (0.47, 1.43)	0.95 (0.50, 1.83)
5th quintile	0.80 (0.39, 1.65)	0.65 (0. 30, 1.38)	0.91 (0.38, 2.20)

Estimates adjusted for place of birth and year of diagnosis (A), with additional adjustment for lymph node status (B) and tumour diameter (C).