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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Jun 22;17(12):3269–3277. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-1170-5

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by PASH Status

NO (N=8486) YES (N=579) p value1 p value2
Age at Benign Biopsy <0.001 <0.001
  <45 2662 (31.4) 309 (53.4)
  45 - 54 2360 (27.8) 203 (35.1)
  55+ 3464 (40.8) 67 (11.6)
Family History of Breast Cancer 0.116
(missing, n=39) 37 2
  None 5625 (66.6) 360 (62.4)
  Weak 2014 (23.8) 153 (26.5)
  Strong 810 (9.6) 64 (11.1)
Indication for Biopsy <0.001 0.005
(missing, n=558) 513 45
  Lump 4722 (59.2) 379 (71)
  Mammogram 3251 (40.8) 155 (29)
Epithelial Proliferation 0.606
  Non-proliferative 5643 (66.5) 394 (68)
  Proliferative without atypia 2538 (29.9) 168 (29)
  Atypical hyperplasia 305 (3.6) 17 (2.9)
Lobular Involution <0.001 <0.001
(missing, n=609) 604 5
  None 1481 (18.8) 98 (17.1)
  Partial (1-74% TDLU) 4595 (58.3) 455 (79.3)
  Complete (>75% TDLU) 1806 (22.9) 21 (3.7)
Fibroadenoma <0.001 <0.001
(missing, n=65) 62 3
  NO 6325 (75.1) 527 (91.5)
  YES 2099 (24.9) 49 (8.5)
1

Values displayed as number (percent). Numbers may not always sum to column totals due to missing values for some subjects. P-values based on chi-square test of significance.

2

P-value from multivariate logistic regression adjusting for age, year of biopsy, indication for biopsy, number of breast biopsies, lobular involution, and fibroadenoma. Only variables univariately significant were included in the multivariate analysis.