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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010 Aug 11;124(3):863–873. doi: 10.1007/s10549-010-1106-6

Table 3.

Multivariable global hazard of having a second breast cancer event diagnosed adjusted for all variables in the table

Model 4a (N = 8,662)

HR 95% CI P value
Breast density (before 1st diagnosis and within 2 years of mammogram used for mode of detection)
  Almost entirely fatty Ref 0.6859
  Scattered fibroglandular 1.07 (0.60, 1.90)
  Heterogeneously dense 1.20 (0.67, 2.13)
  Extremely dense 1.30 (0.68, 2.48)
Mode of 1st cancer diagnosis
  Screen-detected Ref 0.0008
  Screen interval-detected 1.38 (1.02, 1.86)
  Diagnostic detected 1.78 (1.35, 2.35)
  Diagnostic interval-detected 1.32 (0.86, 2.04)
1st degree family history of breast cancer (before 1st diagnosis)
  No Ref 0.9442
  Yes 1.01 (0.77, 1.32)
Age at 1st diagnosis
  18–39 1.06 (0.61–1.83) 0.6809
  40–49 0.99 (0.72–1.35)
  50–59 Ref
  60–69 1.08 (0.79–1.49)
  70–79 1.17 (0.84–1.65)
  80+ 0.76 (0.44–1.30)
Stage at 1st diagnosis
  0 1.66 (1.25–2.21) 0.003
  I Ref
  IIA 0.91 (0.66–1.26)
  IIB 1.12 (0.75–1.66)
Adjuvant therapy
  Neither Ref 0.0067
  Chemotherapy 1.22 (0.86–1.75)
  Hormonal 0.68 (0.51–0.93)
  Both 0.75 (0.47–1.18)

P values are based on likelihood ratio tests and are also adjusted for mammography registry

a

P ≤ 0.05