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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 20.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 May;19(5):440–447. doi: 10.1002/pds.1941

Table 3.

Sensitivity analyses for association between current longer-term use of any estrogen-plus-progestin therapy (CHT) or any estrogen therapy (ET) compared to never any use of hormone therapy (HT), and fatal breast cancer: Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Women’s CARE Study. 1994–1998, Atlanta, Seattle, Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia.

Any CHT Any ET
N exposed* cases/controls OR (95% CI) N exposed* cases/controls OR (95% CI)
A Adjusted for age at menopause, type of menopause and screening, as presented in Table 2 32/301 0.94 (0.59, 1.48) 42/510 0.70 (0.45, 1.07)
B A, also adjusted for <2 times federal poverty level for household income (y/n) 31/291 1.03 (0.64, 1.64) 40/495 0.73 (0.47, 1.13)
C A, excluding women with unclassifiable menopausal status 10/86 1.16 (0.55, 2.42) 23/298 0.91 (0.47, 1.78)
D A, but current longer-term use defined as 5+ years 24/220 1.00 (0.60, 1.66) 29/424 0.57 (0.35, 0.93)
*

Rows A–C: Current 3+ years of HT use, Row D: Current 5+ years of HT use