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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2012 May 22;23(7):1193–1203. doi: 10.1007/s10552-012-9989-7

Table 3.

Hazard ratios (95 % CI) for all-cause mortality through 2005 and 5-year breast cancer mortality according to diabetes diagnosis, stratified by breast cancer risk factors among women diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996–1997, Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project

All cause survival
Breast cancer 5-year survival
Diabetes
No diabetes
HRa 95 % CI Diabetes
No diabetes
HRa 95 % CI
Deaths Total pop Deaths Total pop Deaths Total pop Deaths Total pop
All women 49 121 246 1,326 1.65 1.18–2.29 14 121 90 1,326 1.17 0.63–2.19
Menopausal status
 Premenopausal women 4 12 63 456 1.30 0.43–3.89 3 12 32 457 1.76 0.48–6.49
 Postmenopausal women 45 109 183 870 1.74 1.23–2.45 11 109 58 870 1.12 0.56–2.25
Age at breast cancer diagnosis
 <65 years 15 50 123 895 1.47 0.81–2.68 5 50 62 895 0.78 0.28–2.16
 ≥65 years 34 71 123 431 1.63 1.09–2.43 9 71 28 431 1.60 0.72–3.54
BMI (kg/m2)
 BMI >18.5 to <30 19 67 186 1,060 1.20 0.73–1.99 7 67 64 1,060 1.49 0.64–3.48
 BMI ≥30 30 54 60 263 2.49 1.58–3.93 7 54 26 263 1.22 0.51–2.91
Ever regular lifetime physical activityb
 None 24 52 96 373 1.55 0.95–2.53 8 52 36 373 1.22 0.51–2.88
 Any 25 68 149 946 1.76 1.12–2.78 6 68 54 946 1.04 0.40–2.72
Ever regular alcohol drinker
 Never drinker 27 69 98 495 1.68 1.07–2.63 6 69 38 495 0.73 0.29–1.82
 Ever drinker 22 52 148 831 1.61 0.98–2.64 8 52 52 831 2.14 0.90–5.10
Average daily caloric intakec
 <1,275.1 KCAL 26 69 118 665 1.60 1.01–2.53 4 69 42 665 0.73 0.24–2.15
 ≥1,275.1 KCAL 18 43 119 630 1.81 1.07–3.08 8 43 45 630 2.05 0.89–4.69
Ever take hormone replacementd
 No 38 88 141 586 1.70 1.17–2.48 9 88 46 586 1.05 0.49–2.24
 Yes 6 20 45 299 1.86 0.77–4.50 1 20 12 299 1.01 0.13–7.92
Estrogen–Progesterone Receptor Statuse
 ER−PR− 12 17 54 187 1.53 0.76–3.10 5 17 32 187 0.79 0.27–2.31
 ER−PR + breast cancer 2 6 13 44 0.69 0.11–4.22 1 6 4 44 0.32 0.01–12.5
 ER + PR− breast cancer 5 12 33 127 2.33 0.83–6.55 2 12 14 127 1.82 0.36–9.25
 ER + PR+ 21 52 87 510 1.70 1.02–2.85 4 52 22 510 1.32 0.41–4.24
Estrogen Receptor Statuse
 ER− 14 23 67 231 1.48 0.79–2.77 6 23 36 231 0.83 0.32–2.14
 ER+ 26 64 120 637 1.74 1.11–2.74 6 64 36 637 1.44 0.56–3.67)
Progesterone Receptor Statuse
 PR− 17 29 87 314 1.93 1.10–3.37 7 29 46 314 1.25 0.54–2.93
 PR+ 23 58 100 554 1.64 1.01–2.85 5 58 26 554 1.35 0.48–3.81
a

Adjusted for menopausal status, race (white, other), obesity (BMI <30, BMI ≥30), and history of myocardial infarction

b

8 missing responses for any lifetime physical activity

c

40 missing responses for average daily caloric intake

d

Among postmenopausal women

e

Not all breast cancer cases had data for receptor status (n = 955 with receptor status)