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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2007 May;17(5):342–353. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.10.017

TABLE 5.

Associations between lifetime activity score, HRT use, aspirin/NSAID use, and body size with breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women

Lifetime activity score Non-Hispanic white Hispanic/American Indian


0–4 5–8 9–12 0–4 5–8 9–12


OR (95% CI)* OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Recent hormone exposure
 Yes 1.00 0.97 (0.75, 1.25) 0.98 (0.74, 1.30) 1.00 1.00 (0.70, 1.45) 1.12 (0.69, 1.81)
 No 0.87 (0.62, 1.22) 0.85 (0.62, 1.17) 0.49 (0.33, 0.73) 1.28 (0.86, 1.91) 1.11 (0.72, 1.71) 0.86 (048, 1.57)
p Interaction 0.01 0.47
No recent hormone exposure
Aspirin/NSAID use
 Ever 1.00 0.67 (0.36, 1.25) 0.37 (0.19, 0.75) 1.00 1.20 (0.50, 2.91) 1.09 (0.38, 3.19)
 Never 0.60 (0.34, 1.04) 0.73 (0.43, 1.23) 0.41 (0.23, 0.76) 1.69 (0.81, 3.54) 1.37 (0.63, 2.99) 0.95 (0.36, 2.49)
p Interaction 0.07 0.64
Referent year BMI (kg/m2)
 <25 1.00 0.78 (0.40, 1.52) 0.59 (0.28, 1.22) 1.00 1.48 (0.54, 4.11) 0.26 (0.06, 1.14)
 25–29.9 1.36 (0.70, 2.64) 1.50 (0.79, 2.85) 0.72 (0.34, 1.53) 0.53 (0.24, 1.17) 0.74 (0.32, 1.71) 0.63 (0.20, 2.05)
 ≥30 1.37 (0.69, 2.71) 1.45 (0.76, 2.76) 0.75 (0.35, 1.64) 1.00 (0.46, 2.17) 0.49 (0.21, 1.11) 0.61 (0.23, 1.64)
p Interaction 0.72 0.04
Weight gain between age 15 and referent year (kg)
 ≤10 1.00 0.84 (0.40, 1.78) 0.49 (0.20, 1.20) 1.00 1.89 (0.58, 6.18) 0.15 (0.03, 0.86)
 10.1–20.0 0.63 (0.28, 1.41) 0.82 (0.38, 1.77) 0.56 (0.25, 1.27) 0.61 (0.23, 1.60) 0.76 (0.27, 2.14) 1.22 (0.28, 5.27)
 >20.0 1.55 (0.78, 3.08) 1.21 (0.62, 2.36) 0.71 (0.33, 1.49) 0.92 (0.38, 2.22) 0.57 (0.23, 1.41) 0.69 (0.24, 2.02)
p Interaction 0.43 0.05

BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug(s); OR = odds ratio.

*

ORs and 95% CIs adjusted for age, center, parity, BMI (except BMI models), and energy intake.