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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2008 Sep 26;19(10):1349–1355. doi: 10.1007/s10552-008-9206-x

Table 3.

Ethnic-specific ORs for breast cancer based on number of first degree relatives with a history of breast cancera

Number of first-degree relatives with breast cancer NHW
Hispanic
Case n (%) Control n (%) Unadjusted OR (95% CI)b Adjusted OR (95% CI)c Case n (%) Control n (%) Unadjusted OR (95% CI)b Adjusted OR (95% CI)c
None 1154 (77) 1341 (85) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 639 (84) 765 (87) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
One 311 (20) 201 (13) 1.80 (1.48–2.18) 1.87 (1.53–2.28) 110 (14) 101 (11) 1.30 (0.98–1.74) 1.34 (0.99–1.82)
Two or more 38 (3) 29 (2) 1.52 (0.93–2.49) 1.71 (1.03–2.84) 17 (2) 15 (2) 1.36 (0.67–2.74) 1.60 (0.77–3.33)
a

Women were excluded if they were secondary cases of primary breast cancer (n = 98 NHW and 48 Hispanic), or did not know their family history (n = 51 NHW and 37 Hispanic), or did not self-report as being primarily of NHW or Hispanic ethnicity (n = 36)

b

OR and 95% CI from an unadjusted, unconditional logistic regression model

c

OR and 95% CI from an unconditional logistic regression model adjusted for center (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah), age (years, continuous), menopausal status at date of diagnosis or referent year (pre, peri, postmenopausal), parity (0, 1–2, 3–4, 5 or more children), age of first birth (<20, 20–24, 25–29, 30 years or more), body mass index at date of diagnosis or referent year (<25, 25–29.9, 30 kg/m2 or more), age of menarche (<12, 12, 13, ≥14 years old), education (did not graduate from high school, high school graduate or equivalent, some college, bachelors degree or higher) and number of first-degree female relatives 50 years of age or older (≤1, 2, 3, ≥4)