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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2009 Sep;20(5):752–756. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181a71279

TABLE 2.

Interaction Between Family History (FH) and Estrogen Plus Progesterone (EP) on the Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer

Strata of Family History by Estrogen Plus
Progesterone Replacement

FH1EP1 FH1EP0 FH0EP1 FH0EP0
No. cases 35 25 164 125
No. women 1009 895 7497 7207
Risk 0.035 0.028 0.022 0.017
Interaction contrast (IC) = (RFH = 1, EP = 1 – RFH = 1, EP = 0)
– (RFH = 0, EP = 1 – RFH = 0, EP = 0)
= (0.035 – 0.028) – (0.022 – 0.017)
= 0.002 (95% CI = −0.014 to 0.018)