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. 2013 Oct 14;13:475. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-475

Table 5.

Association of body size and breast cancer risk among non-HRT users (excluding n = 267 HRT users)

 
Pre-menopausal
Post-menopausal
  Cases/Controls OR1 95% CI OR2 95% CI Cases/Controls OR1 95% CI OR2 95% CI
Current BMI*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Underweight/Normal (<25)
96/102
Ref
 
Ref
 
55/53
Ref
 
Ref
 
 Overweight (25–29.99)
147/136
1.09
0.74–1.61
1.12
0.74–1.69
86/107
0.76
0.46–1.26
0.77
0.46–1.31
 Obese (≥30)
206/229
0.91
0.63–1.32
0.92
0.54–1.58
234/218
0.97
0.62–1.52
1.05
0.57–1.95
  p for trend
 
 
0.41
 
0.60
 
 
0.56
 
0.49
% Body Fat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ≤35.9
139/133
Ref
 
Ref
 
69/73
Ref
 
Ref
 
 36–41.6
112/114
0.90
0.62–1.31
0.98
0.65–1.46
85/86
1.05
0.66–1.68
1.18
0.72–1.95
 41.7–46.5
94/101
0.89
0.60–1.32
1.03
0.63–1.66
90/95
0.87
0.54–1.39
1.06
0.61–1.84
 >46.5
79/103
0.81
0.53–1.22
1.08
0.54–2.17
102/96
1.03
0.65–1.64
1.49
0.74–2.99
  p for trend
 
 
0.31
 
0.88
 
 
0.94
 
0.38
Waist to hip ratio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ≤0.82
118/144
Ref
 
Ref
 
52/70
Ref
 
Ref
 
 0.83–0.87
122/113
1.21
0.83–1.77
1.27
0.87–1.86
97/94
1.16
0.72–1.88
1.17
0.72–1.90
 0.88–0.92
100/116
1.02
0.69–1.52
1.11
0.74–1.67
78/88
0.97
0.58–1.59
0.99
0.60–1.64
 >0.92
100/90
1.22
0.80–1.84
1.38
0.89–2.14
140/121
1.29
0.81–2.06
1.34
0.83–2.16
  p for trend
 
 
0.51
 
0.22
 
 
0.35
 
0.28
Waist circumference (cm)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ≤87.88
130/140
Ref
 
Ref
 
62/75
Ref
 
Ref
 
 87.89–97.75
120/114
1.04
0.71–1.50
1.25
0.83–1.88
82/91
1.04
0.64–1.67
1.18
0.70–1.97
 97.76–110.25
102/112
0.94
0.64–1.39
1.40
0.83–2.35
114/98
1.39
0.87–2.20
1.74
0.99–3.06
 >110.25
88/97
0.98
0.64–1.50
2.01
0.95–4.29
109/109
1.08
0.68–1.72
1.64
0.77–3.50
  p for trend
 
 
0.84
 
0.08
 
 
0.61
 
0.14
Hip circumference (cm)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ≤103.18
120/134
Ref
 
Ref
 
76/81
Ref
 
Ref
 
 103.19–111.63
129/107
1.28
0.88–1.86
1.60
1.06–2.41
89/98
1.06
0.68–1.68
1.14
0.70–1.86
 111.64–123.15
95/113
0.97
0.65–1.43
1.50
0.91–2.46
112/98
1.31
0.84–2.04
1.47
0.85–2.56
 >123.15
97/109
1.10
0.74–1.65
2.78
1.32–5.88
90/96
0.97
0.61–1.54
1.22
0.56–2.62
  p for trend     0.92   0.02     0.92   0.65

*BMI measured at interview.

OR1: Adjusted for age, ethnicity, country of origin (United States, Caribbean, other), education, family history of breast cancer, history of benign breast disease, age at menarche, age at menopause (for postmenopausal women), parity (continuous), breastfeeding (yes/no), age at first birth, OC use (ever/never). OR2: BMI further adjusted for waist circumference. Percent body fat, waist circumference and hip circumference, further adjusted for BMI. Percent body fat adjusted for years since menopause instead of age at menopause.