Table 6.

Odds Ratios and 95% CI’s for the Association between Breast Cancer, BMI, and Menopausal Status (Multivariate analysis)^†

	Cases	Control	OR (95% CI)	P-Value
	N	N
Total
BMI status††
Normal	21	43	1.0
Over weight	53	65	1.6 (0.9–3.1)	0.138
Obesity	116	117	2.0 (1.1–3.6)	0.022
Menopausal status‡
Perimenopausal/Postmenopausal	117	151	1.0
Premenopausal	73	74	1.4 (0.9–2.2)	0.132
African American
BMI status
Normal	13	25	1.0
Over weight	20	26	1.6 (0.6–3.9)	0.318
Obesity	62	54	2.3 (1.0–5.0)	0.039
Menopausal status
Perimenopausal/Postmenopausal	68	88	1.0
Premenopausal	27	17	2.5 (1.2–5.3)	0.013
Hispanic
BMI status
Normal	8	18	1.0
Over weight	33	39	1.9 (0.7–5.1)	0.187
Obesity	54	63	2.0 (0.8–5.0)	0.147
Menopausal status
Perimenopausal/Postmenopausal	49	63	1.0
Premenopausal	46	57	1.0 (0.6–1.9)	0.990

^†All analysis was adjusted for comorbidity.

^††BMI analysis was controlled for menopausal status in the Total, African-American, and Hispanic cohort.

^‡Menopausal status analysis was controlled for BMI in the Total, African-American, and Hispanic cohort.