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. 2013 Feb 15;12:25. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-25

Table 1.

Characteristics of breast cancer controls in the Asian-American Breast Cancer Study by menopausal status

  Premenopausal women in luteal phase (n = 119) Postmenopausal women (n = 72)
 
mean
s.d.
mean
s.d.
Age (y)*
41.2
5.4
53.0
3.4
Body Mass Index (kg / m2)
21.7
3.5
21.7
2.5
 
n
column %
n
column %
Study center, n(%)
 
 
 
 
Hawaii
79
66.4%
48
66.7%
Los Angeles
19
16.0%
13
18.1%
San Francisco
21
17.6%
11
15.3%
Combined parity and age at first birth, n(%)
 
 
 
 
Nulliparous
17
14.3%
11
15.3%
1st birth age ≤ 20 y
7
5.9%
4
5.6%
1-2 live births / age ≥ 21
73
61.3%
28
38.9%
3+ live births / age ≥ 21
22
18.5%
29
40.3%
Age at menarche, n(%)
 
 
 
 
≤ 12 y
72
60.5%
30
41.7%
> 12 y
47
39.5%
42
58.3%
Born in Asia, n (%)
 
 
 
 
No
93
78.2%
57
79.2%
Yes
26
21.8%
15
20.8%
Soy intake (frequency of weekly intake), n (%)
 
 
 
 
0-0.5
35
29.4%
12
16.7%
0.5 – 1.0
35
29.4%
22
30.6%
> 1.0
49
41.2%
38
52.8%
Green tea (frequency of weekly intake), n (%)
 
 
 
 
<once weekly
62
52.1%
25
34.7%
1-6 times weekly
32
26.9%
23
31.9%
7+ times weekly
25
21.0%
24
33.3%
Black tea (frequency of weekly intake), n (%)
 
 
 
 
<once weekly
85
71.4%
51
70.8%
1-6 times weekly
21
17.6%
16
22.2%
7+ times weekly
13
10.9%
5
6.9%
Coffee (frequency of weekly intake), n (%)
 
 
 
 
0-2 times weekly
30
25.2%
11
15.3%
3-13 times weekly
39
32.8%
22
30.6%
≥14 times weekly
50
42.0%
39
54.2%
Estimated weekly caffeine intake (mg), n (%)
 
 
 
 
0-734
41
34.5%
23
31.9%
734-1610
39
32.8%
23
31.9%
>1610 39 32.8% 26 36.1%