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. 2013 Mar 15;12:24. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-24

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics by birth cohort, LIBCSP, 1996-1997

 
 
Birth cohortsa
 
 
<1925
1925-1945
1946-1972
 
 
N = 465
N = 1,587
N = 1,008
 
 
Cases
Controls
Cases
Controls
Cases
Controls
    N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Age at reference
<35
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
39 (8.4)
41 (7.5)
 
35-44
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
181 (39.1)
245 (45.0)
 
45-54
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
154 (19.7)
164 (20.3)
243 (52.5)
259 (47.5)
 
55-64
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
372 (47.7)
403 (49.9)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
 
65-74
111 (41.9)
70 (35.0)
254 (32.6)
240 (29.7)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
 
75-84
134 (50.6)
112 (56.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
 
85+
20 (7.5)
18 (9.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
Household Income
<20,000
95 (36.0)
63 (31.7)
74 (9.5)
77 (9.6)
19 (4.1)
28 (5.1)
 
20,000-34,999
112 (42.4)
82 (41.2)
195 (25.1)
193 (23.9)
36 (7.8)
62 (11.4)
 
35,000-49,999
28 (10.6)
23 (11.6)
159 (20.5)
157 (19.5)
56 (12.1)
83 (15.2)
 
50,000-69,999
16 (6.1)
14 (7.0)
121 (15.6)
154 (19.1)
115 (24.8)
120 (22.0)
 
70,000-89,000
7 (2.7)
7 (3.5)
91 (11.7)
105 (13.0)
92 (19.9)
96 (17.6)
 
>90,000
6 (2.3)
10 (5.0)
137 (17.6)
120 (14.9)
145 (31.3)
156 (28.6)
Body Mass Index at referent
<18.5
<5b (1.5)
9 (1.1)
8 (1.0)
9 (1.1)
15 (3.2)
9 (1.7)
 
18.5-24.9
99 (38.2)
337 (42.4)
282 (36.7)
337 (42.4)
262 (56.6)
285 (53.1)
 
25.0-29.9
97 (37.5)
248 (31.2)
270 (35.1)
248 (31.2)
116 (25.1)
144 (26.8)
 
>30
59 (22.8)
201 (25.3)
209 (27.2)
201 (25.3)
70 (15.1)
99 (18.4)
Lactation
Never
173 (65.3)
114 (57.0)
571 (73.2)
569 (70.5)
284 (61.3)
316 (58.0)
 
Ever
92 (34.7)
86 (43.0)
209 (26.8)
238 (29.5)
179 (38.7)
229 (42.0)
Menopausal Status
Pre-
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
75 (9.8)
56 (7.2)
397 (88.0)
443 (87.5)
  Post- 265 (100.0) 200 (100.0) 687 (90.2) 727 (92.8) 54 (12.0) 63 (12.5)

a Participants born after 1972 (n<5, all controls) were not displayed for confidentiality purposes.

b Cell is defined as <5 for confidentiality purposes.