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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Feb 12;23(5):725–734. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-1017

Table 1.

Characteristics of the stratified case-cohort study population

LACE (n=872) Weighted % Pathways (n=766) Weighted % Total (n=1638) Weighted % p-value

Age at Breast Cancer Diagnosis

< 50 22.2 22.9 22.5 0.82
50-64 45.2 46.5 45.9
65+ 32.6 30.7 31.5

Race/Ethnicity

White 81.6 66.3 73.3 <0.0001
Black/AA 5.5 6.7 6.2
Hispanic 6.2 10.8 8.7
Asian/PI 5.5 12.8 9.5
Other 1.2 3.4 2.4

Education

HS or less 26.1 16.4 20.8 <0.0001
Some college 39.6 39.4 39.5
College grad 15.2 25.2 20.6
Post-college 19.0 19.0 19.0

Family History

No 75.7 80.3 78.2 0.12
Yes 24.3 19.7 21.8

Smoking History at Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Never 51.9 52.7 52.3 0.92
Past 41.7 41.5 41.6
Current 6.4 5.8 6.0

Menopausal Status at Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Postmenopausal 66.5 71.8 69.4 <0.0001
Premenopausal 19.4 28.2 24.2
Unknown 14.0 0.0 6.4

BMI

Under/Normal 46.8 35.3 40.5 0.001
Overweight 28.8 30.7 29.8
Obese 24.5 34.1 29.7

AJCC Stage

I 45.7 51.6 48.9 <0.0001
II 51.5 37.0 43.6
III 2.8 10.4 6.9
IV 0.0 1.0 0.5

Tumor Size

<2cm 62.3 65.2 63.9 0.001
>= 2cm 37.7 31.6 34.4
Missing 0.0 3.2 1.7

Number of Positive Nodes

0 65.2 64.1 64.6 0.001
1-4 27.0 24.6 25.7
5+ 7.8 7.5 7.6
Missing 0.0 3.8 2.1

Tumor Grade

I 19.3 23.5 21.6 0.11
II 40.1 43.5 42.0
III-IV 31.5 26.8 28.9
Missing 9.1 6.1 7.5

Breast Cancer Surgery

None 0.0 1.3 0.7 <0.0001
Lumpectomy 50.1 62.5 56.8
Mastectomy 49.9 36.3 42.5

Chemotherapy

No 46.5 52.6 49.8 0.08
Yes 53.5 47.4 50.2

Radiation

No 38.7 66.0 53.5 <0.0001
Yes 61.3 34.0 46.5

Hormonal Therapy

No 22.6 27.3 25.2 0.06
Yes 77.4 72.7 74.8

Any Comorbidity (Charlson comorbidity index)

No 87.0 85.2 86.0 0.45
Yes 13.0 14.8 14.0

ER Status

Negative 18.4 16.8 17.5 0.36
Positive 81.6 83.2 82.5

PR Status

Negative 35.4 31.6 33.3 0.20
Positive 64.6 68.4 66.7

Her2 Status

Negative 83.4 87.0 85.3 0.02
Positive 16.6 13.0 14.7