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. 2013 Dec 10;13:587. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-587

Table 4.

Calibration of the risk models by categories of the risk factors

 
 
 
 
Gail model
Chen model
Barlow model
    N Observed cases (O) Expected cases (E) E/O p-value (2) Expected cases E/O p-value (2) Expected cases E/O p-value (2)
Age at first mammogram, y
50-54
5095
31
42
1.35
0.009
41
1.32
0.006
99
3.19
< 0.001
55-59
3712
34
33
0.97
 
31
0.91
 
97
2.85
 
60-64
4299
30
42
1.40
 
37
1.23
 
128
4.27
 
65-69
603
13
7
0.54
 
6
0.46
 
19
1.46
 
Age at menarche, y
<12
2555
25
25
1.00
0.364
21
0.84
0.552
61
2.44
< 0.001
12-13
5372
39
50
1.28
 
45
1.15
 
134
3.44
 
> = 14
5639
43
49
1.14
 
48
1.12
 
144
3.35
 
Age at first live birth, y
<20
1091
9
7
0.78
0.181
7
0.78
0.370
24
2.67
< 0.001
20-24
6393
45
53
1.18
 
50
1.11
 
151
3.36
 
25-29
4200
30
42
1.40
 
38
1.27
 
104
3.47
 
>29
1003
14
13
0.93
 
11
0.79
 
32
2.29
 
No children
925
10
9
0.90
 
9
0.90
 
30
3.00
 
Body mass index
<25
3439
24
32
1.33
0.200
27
1.13
0.470
85
3.54
< 0.001
25-29
4624
32
42
1.31
 
40
1.25
 
118
3.69
 
30-34
1997
19
18
0.95
 
19
1.00
 
53
2.79
 
> = 35
691
5
6
1.20
 
7
1.40
 
19
3.80
 
Breast density (BI-RADS)(1)
1
3019
21
27
1.29
0.063
18
0.86
0.080
37
1.76
< 0.001
2
5480
36
49
1.36
 
42
1.17
 
131
3.64
 
3
2421
29
22
0.76
 
26
0.90
 
81
2.79
 
4
2140
17
19
1.12
 
29
1.71
 
72
4.24
 
No. of biopsies
0
13588
108
123
1.14
-
113
1.05
-
339
3.14
-
> = 1
121
0
1
-
 
1
-
 
4
-
 
Affected first-degree relatives
No
12949
97
111
1.14
0.149
105
1.08
0.605
317
3.27
< 0.001
Yes
730
10
13
1.30
 
10
1.00
 
23
2.30
 
Previous benign breast disease
No
12712
98
115
1.17
0.162
105
1.07
0.754
307
3.13
< 0.001
  Yes 997 10 9 0.90   9 0.90   36 3.60  

(1)1: Almost entirely fat, 2: Scattered fibroglandular densities, 3: Heterogeneously dense, 4: Extremely dense.

(2)The p-values shown in the table correspond to the Hosmer-Lemeshow C statistic. All the p-values for the chi-square test for trend were higher than 0.1.