Table 4.
Odds Ratios and 95% CI’s for the Association between Breast Cancer, BMI, and Menopausal Status- Stratified by Ethnicity (Univariate analysis)
| African American | P-value | Hispanic | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Control | OR (95% CI) | Cases | Control | OR (95% CI) | |||
| N | N | N | N | |||||
| BMI Category | ||||||||
| Normal | 14 | 27 | 1.0 (ref) | 13 | 18 | 1.0 (ref) | ||
| Over weight | 22 | 29 | 1.5 (0.6 – 3.4) | 0.381 | 44 | 41 | 1.5 (0.6–3.4) | 0.350 |
| Obesity | 77 | 55 | 2.7 (1.3 – 5.6) | 0.008 | 67 | 64 | 1.5 (0.7–3.2) | 0.358 |
| Menopause status | ||||||||
| Menopausal/Postmenopausal | 78 | 90 | 1.0 (ref) | 63 | 64 | 1.0 | ||
| Premenopausal | 35 | 19 | 2.1 (1.1 – 4.0) | 0.02 | 61 | 59 | 1.1 (0.6–1.7) | 0.847 |