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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Nov 1;116(21):4944–4953. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25386

Table 3.

Summary of 5 imputations of the model with imputed benign breast disease (BBD) categories and the average beta estimates, corresponding relative risk, and p-value

Without BBD
type
Model with BBD Categories included
Imputation Number
Average
1 2 3 4 5

β (p-value) β β β β β β P-value 1a RR (95% CI)
Intercept −8.96 −8.88 −8.90 −8.86 −8.88 −8.87 −8.88
Duration of premenopausal years 0.075 (<0.001) 0.073 0.073 0.072 0.073 0.073 0.073 <0.001 1 1.08 (1.07–1.09)
Age at first birth –age at menarche 0.0065 (0.18) 0.0066 0.0070 0.0067 0.007 0.0068 0.0068 0.06 10 1.07 (1.00–1.15)
Birth index −0.0033 (0.01) −0.0033 −0.0032 −0.0032 −0.0033 −0.0033 −0.0032 <0.001 102 0.72 (0.64–0.80)
Duration of natural menopause 0.020 (0.01) 0.017 0.017 0.017 0.017 0.017 0.017 0.08 1 1.02 (1.00–1.03)
Duration of bilateral oophorectomy 0.009 (0.16) 0.008 0.008 0.007 0.008 0.0074 0.0075 0.82 1 1.01 (0.95–1.07)
Prior BBD (Yes/No) 0.39 (<0.001) - - - -
Duration of E only PMH 0.033 (0.03) 0.030 0.031 0.031 0.031 0.032 0.031 <0.001 10 1.36 (1.20–1.55)
Duration of E+P PMH 0.062 (0.01) 0.062 0.062 0.062 0.062 0.062 0.062 <0.001 10 1.86 (1.52–2.27)
Duration of other PMH 0.026 (0.09) 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.007 10 1.28 (1.07–1.54)
Current use of PMH 0.027 (0.49) 0.031 0.035 0.032 0.034 0.035 0.033 0.56 1 1.03 (0.92–1.16)
Past use of PMH −0.14 (0.12) −0.14 −0.14 −0.14 −0.14 −0.14 −0.14 0.01 1 0.87 (0.78–0.97)
Average BMI Pre*duration premenopause −0.0013 (<0.001) −0.0013 −0.0013 −0.0013 −0.0013 −0.0013 −0.0013 <0.001 370b 0.61 (0.53–0.70)
Average BMI post*duration postmenopause 0.0039 (0.005) 0.0039 0.0038 0.0038 0.0038 0.0039 0.0038 <0.001 200c 2.16 (1.78–2.61)
Height* duration premenopause 0.00086 (0.06) 0.00088 0.00086 0.00086 0.00086 0.00087 0.00087 <0.001 222d 1.21 (1.09–1.35)
Height* duration postmenopause −0.0010 (0.34) −0.0011 −0.0011 −0.0010 −0.0012 −0.001 −0.0011 0.32 120e 0.88 (0.68–1.13)
Cumulative alcohol premenopause 0.00020 (0.06) 0.00021 0.00019 0.00020 0.00020 0.00020 0.00020 <0.001 384f 1.08 (1.04–1.12)
Cumulative alcohol postmenopause if PMH 0.00022 (0.32) 0.00018 0.00025 0.00020 0.00023 0.00022 0.00021 0.34 120g 1.03 (0.97–1.08)
Cumulative alcohol postmenopause no
PMH
0.00030 (0.16) 0.00029 0.00030 0.00030 0.00031 0.00030 0.00030 0.04 240h 1.07 (1.00–1.15)
Family history of breast cancer 0.42 (0.003) 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.43 0.43 <0.001 1 1.53 (1.39–1.68)
Nonproliferative BBD - 0.09 0.12 0.05 0.10 0.11 0.095 0.15 1 1.10 (0.97–1.25)
PWOA BBD - 0.38 0.39 0.39 0.38 0.37 0.38 <0.001 1 1.47 (1.34–1.61)
Atypical hyperplasia BBD - 1.12 1.04 1.15 1.10 1.13 1.11 <0.001 1 3.02 (2.57–3.55)
Unclassified BBD 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 <0.001 1 1.49 (1.31–1.69)
a

Increment for RR comparison

b

Comparing BMI=20 versus BMI=30 for 37 premenopausal years (age at menarche=13, age at menopause=50 years).

c

Comparing BMI=20 versus BMI=30 for 20 postmenopausal years (age at menopause=50, age =70 years).

d

Comparing height = 61 inches versus height = 67 inches for 37 premenopausal years (age at menarche=13, age at menopause=50 years).

e

Comparing height = 61 inches versus height = 67 inches for 20 postmenopausal years (age at menopause=50, age =70 years).

f

Comparing 1 drink per day (12 g) versus no intake for 32 premenopausal years (from age 18 to age 50 years).

g

Comparing 1 drink per day (12 g) versus no intake for 10 years of PMH use.

h

Comparing 1 drink per day (12 g) versus no intake for 20 postmenopausal years (age at menopause=50, age=70 years).