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Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010 Aug 12;130(3):879–889. doi: 10.1007/s10549-010-1096-4

Table 4.

Association between isoflavone intake and MPS among breast cancer patients at 6 and 36 months postdiagnosis stratified by current tamoxifen use, the SBCSS

Quartiles of isoflavone intake (mg/day) No. Multivariate OR (95% CI)a
Any symptom Hot flashes Night sweats Vaginal dryness
Intake at 6 months postdiagnosis (n = 4,842)
 Tamoxifen use 2,525 1,549 1,263 973 221
  ≤20.0 644 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  20.01–36.46 634 1.01 (0.80–1.28) 1.11 (0.88–1.40) 0.93 (0.74–1.18) 1.26 (0.84–1.88)
  36.47–62.63 640 1.02 (0.81–1.30) 1.07 (0.84–1.34) 0.98 (0.77–1.23) 1.05 (0.69–1.58)
  > 62.63 607 1.12 (0.88–1.43) 1.14 (0.90–1.45) 1.05 (0.83–1.34) 1.16 (0.77–1.75)
P trend 0.38 0.34 0.61 0.71
 No tamoxifen use 2,317 1,161 874 745 208
  ≤20.0 569 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  20.01–36.46 573 1.04 (0.82–1.33) 1.01 (0.78–1.30) 1.01 (0.78–1.30) 1.28 (0.84–1.94)
  36.47–62.63 572 1.09 (0.85–1.39) 1.05 (0.82–1.36) 1.17 (0.90–1.51) 1.19 (0.78–1.82)
  > 62.63 603 1.08 (0.84–1.37) 0.98 (0.76–1.26) 1.06 (0.82–1.37) 1.14 (0.74–1.75)
P trend 0.51 0.94 0.43 0.67
P for interaction 0.95 0.79 0.78 0.89
Weighted intake over the first 36 months postdiagnosis (n = 3,196)b
 Tamoxifen use 2,419 1,564 1,388 679 311
  ≤27.28 615 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  27.28–42.22 564 1.13 (0.88–1.46) 1.10 (0.86–1.42) 1.11 (0.85–1.44) 1.24 (0.87–1.75)
  42.23–62.86 623 1.02 (0.80–1.31) 1.07 (0.84–1.37) 0.99 (0.77–1.29) 1.16 (0.82–1.62)
  > 62.86 617 1.18 (0.92–1.52) 1.19 (0.92–1.54) 1.17 (0.91–1.52) 0.96 (0.67–1.38)
P trend 0.33 0.25 0.37 0.76
 No tamoxifen use 777 460 385 198 124
  ≤27.28 184 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  27.28–42.22 192 1.28 (0.82–2.00) 1.24 (0.79–1.94) 1.15 (0.70–1.88) 0.84 (0.47–1.51)
  42.23–62.86 204 1.16 (0.75–1.81) 1.01 (0.65–1.58) 1.25 (0.77–2.01) 0.97 (0.55–1.73)
  > 62.86 197 1.21 (0.78–1.89) 1.35 (0.86–2.12) 1.09 (0.67–1.79) 0.85 (0.47–1.51)
P trend 0.50 0.33 0.68 0.72
P for interaction 0.98 0.78 0.65 0.80
a

Adjusted for age at diagnosis, education level (categories), parity (0, 1, 2, and ≥3), vitamin supplement use (yes/no), total meat intake (continuous), Charlson co-morbidity index (0/≥1), BMI (continuous), regular physical activity (yes/no), menopausal status, perceived quality of life (poor, average, and good), TNM stage, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy

b

Participants with unknown tamoxifen use (n = 276) were excluded