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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2011 Feb 23;305(8):790–799. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.188

Table 1.

Characteristics of Screening Mammograms in Women With a Personal History of Breast Cancer (PHBC) and Matched Screening Mammograms in Women Without a PHBC

No. (%)
Women (n = 19 078)
With PHBC
Women (n = 55 315)
Without PHBC
Screening
Mammogramsa
Second
Breast Cancers
Within 1 Year of
Screeningb
Screening
Mammogramsa
Breast Cancers
Within 1 Year of
Screeningb
Screening examinations, total 58 870 655 58 870 342

Age at mammography, y
   <40 727 (1.2) 14 (1.9) 727 (1.2) 0

   40–49 6104 (10.4) 98 (1.6) 6104 (10.4) 18 (0.3)

   50–59 14 532 (24.7) 165 (1.1) 14 532 (24.7) 50 (0.3)

   60–69 14 795 (25.1) 130 (0.9) 14 795 (25.1) 90 (0.6)

   70–79 15 171 (25.8) 165 (1.1) 15 171 (25.8) 113 (0.7)

   ≥80 7541 (12.8) 83 (1.1) 7541 (12.8) 71 (0.9)

BI-RADS breast density
   1, Almost entirely fatty 3448 (7.5) 18 (0.5) 3448 (7.5) 9 (0.3)

   2, Scattered fibroglandular tissue 22 155 (48.3) 224 (1.0) 22 155 (48.3) 117 (0.5)

   3, Heterogeneously dense 17 885 (39.0) 219 (1.2) 17 885 (39.0) 116 (0.6)

   4, Extremely dense 2418 (5.3) 39 (1.6) 2418 (5.3) 17 (0.7)

   Missing data 12 964 (22.0) 155 (1.2) 12 964 (22.0) 83 (0.6)

Race/ethnicity
   White, non-Hispanic 47 489 (84.2) 531 (1.1) 47 119 (83.3) 285 (0.6)

   Black, non-Hispanic 2018 (3.6) 21 (1.0) 2027 (3.6) 9 (0.4)

   Hispanic 4707 (8.3) 45 (1.0) 4783 (8.5) 14 (0.3)

   Asian/Pacific Islander 984 (1.7) 10 (1.0) 1115 (2.0) 12 (1.1)

   Other 1234 (2.2) 13 (1.1) 1496 (2.6) 8 (0.5)

   Missing data 2438 (4.1) 35 (1.4) 2330 (4.0) 14 (0.6)

Family history of breast cancer
   No 37 956 (76.8) 381 (1.0) 41 065 (82.4) 187 (0.5)

   Yes 11 459 (23.2) 169 (1.5) 8744 (17.6) 81 (0.9)

   Missing data 9455 (16.1) 105 (1.1) 9061 (15.4) 74 (0.8)

Menopausal status
   Pre 3580 (6.9) 74 (2.1) 5945 (11.2) 15 (0.3)

   Peri 763 (1.5) 19 (2.5) 722 (1.4) 4 (0.6)

   Post 47 187 (91.6) 483 (1.0) 46 600 (87.5) 313 (0.7)

   Missing data 7340 (12.5) 79 (1.1) 5603 (9.5) 10 (0.2)

Time since last mammogram, mo
   No previous mammogram 106 (0.2) 4 (3.8) 1581 (2.9) 18 (1.1)

   9–14 47 872 (82.7) 511 (1.1) 23 799 (43.1) 94 (0.4)

   15–23 7358 (12.7) 84 (1.1) 14 743 (26.7) 95 (0.6)

   ≥24 2579 (4.5) 46 (1.8) 15 122 (27.4) 108 (0.7)

   Missing data 955 (1.6) 10 (1.0) 3625 (6.2) 27 (0.7)

Time since first breast cancer diagnosis, yc
   <1 4416 (7.5) 61 (1.4)

   1–2 14 139 (24.0) 144 (1.0)

   3–4 14 085 (23.9) 139 (1.0)

   5–6 10 664 (18.1) 123 (1.2)

   7–9 9681 (16.4) 116 (1.2)

   ≥10 5885 (10.0) 72 (1.2)

Stage of initial breast cancer diagnosisc

   Ductal carcinoma in situ 12 140 (20.6) 197 (1.6)

   Invasive, stage I 29 558 (50.2) 281 (1.0)

   Invasive, stage II 17 172 (29.2) 177 (1.0)

Primary surgeryc
   Breast conserving without radiation 7503 (13.0) 132 (1.8)

   Breast conserving with radiation 29 986 (51.9) 335 (1.1)

   Mastectomy 20 232 (35.1) 157 (0.8)

   Missing data 1149 (2.0) 31 (2.7)

Radiation therapyc
   None 20 872 (36.2) 246 (1.2)

   Any 36 862 (63.8) 380 (1.0)

   Missing data 1136 (1.9) 29 (2.6)

Adjuvant systemic therapyc
   Neither 28 003 (50.6) 363 (1.3)

   Chemotherapy 7765 (14.0) 91 (1.2)

   Endocrine therapy 14 127 (25.5) 103 (0.7)

   Both 5472 (9.9) 47 (0.9)

   Missing data 3503 (6.0) 51 (1.5)

Self-reported history of breast implant, reduction, or reconstructiond
   No 41385 (93.1) 445 (1.1) 48839 (99.2) 259 (0.5)

   Yes 3088 (6.9) 25 (0.8) 380 (0.8) 1 (0.3)

   Missing data 14397 (24.5) 185 (1.3) 9651 (16.4) 82 (0.8)

Abbreviations: BI-RADS, Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System; PHBC, personal history of breast cancer.

a

Percentages were computed after exclusion of missing values.

b

Percentages calculated based on row denominator.

c

Data on first breast cancer diagnosis for PHBC only.

d

Distribution for each variable (by laterality) available from the authors.

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