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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Sep 12;24(11):1731–1738. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0392

Table 1.

Association between breast cancer risk and non-genetic risk factors by Indigenous American ancestry in Hispanics from the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study

Low Indigenous American
ancestry (N=557)
Interm. Indigenous American
ancestry (N=3098)
High Indigenous American
ancestry (N=1078)

Category OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P
Age at dx/interview (Ref: ≤40) 41–50 1.39 0.78–2.48 0.258 1.47 1.15–1.85 0.001 1.13 0.77–1.63 0.524
51–60 1.11 0.62–1.98 0.715 1.38 1.08–1.75 0.009 1.03 0.69–1.51 0.886
>60 1.36 0.75–2.43 0.301 1.36 1.06–1.74 0.014 1.10 0.72–1.66 0.661

Family history BC (Ref: No) Yes 1.71 1.07–2.73 0.023 1.37 1.08–1.72 0.008 2.63 1.38–4.98 0.003

Anthropometrics

BMI (kg/m2) (Ref: <25) 25–29 0.83 0.54–1.28 0.406 0.74 0.60–0.90 0.004 0.74 0.51–1.06 0.104
≥30 0.81 0.53–1.22 0.318 0.62 0.51–0.75 <0.001 0.69 0.47–0.98 0.041

W-H ratio (Ref: Below the mean) Above the mean 1.09 0.73–1.61 0.672 1.07 0.91–1.24 0.378 0.79 0.59–1.06 0.122

Height (Ref: Below the mean) Above the mean 1.03 0.70–1.51 0.873 1.19 1.02–1.37 0.02 1.43 1.07–1.88 0.013

Lifestyle

Smoking (Ref: Never) Ever 1.13 0.76–1.66 0.539 1.08 0.91–1.27 0.35 1.04 0.76–1.42 0.789

Daily alcohol intake (Ref: None) ≤10gms/day 0.95 0.64–1.40 0.801 1.01 0.83–1.23 0.903 0.88 0.43–1.80 0.735
>10gms/day 1.49 0.88–2.51 0.137 1.41 1.02–1.94 0.034 0.37 0.03–3.54 0.392

Reproductive characteristics

Parity/AFFTP (Ref: nulliparous) 1–2 children/<25 years of age 1.09 0.58–2.03 0.794 0.69 0.50–0.93 0.018 0.56 0.33–0.95 0.033
1–2 children/≥25 years of age 1.34 0.74–2.43 0.331 0.69 0.51–0.94 0.018 0.91 0.53–1.53 0.728
≥3 children/<25 years of age 0.97 0.54–1.69 0.903 0.43 0.32–0.56 <0.001 0.57 0.36–0.89 0.016
≥3 children/≥25 years of age 1.32 0.63–2.70 0.457 0.54 0.38–0.75 <0.001 0.60 0.32–1.08 0.091

Breastfeeding if parous (Ref: No) ≤12 months 0.85 0.54–1.30 0.453 0.86 0.71–1.03 0.108 0.75 0.51–1.11 0.156
>12 months 0.70 0.43–1.12 0.137 0.56 0.45–0.68 <0.001 0.52 0.33–0.80 0.003

Oral contraceptive use (Ref: Never) Ever 1.13 0.78–1.62 0.512 1.05 0.90–1.20 0.544 1.12 0.87–1.43 0.376

Age at menarche (Ref: ≤11 yrs.) 12 to 13 1.20 0.80–1.80 0.370 0.85 0.70–1.01 0.078 1.04 0.75–1.44 0.798
>13 0.83 0.51–1.32 0.434 0.80 0.66–0.97 0.03 0.80 0.55–1.13 0.209

Menopause (Ref: Premenopausal) Postmenopausal 0.97 0.67–1.38 0.853 1.01 0.87–1.17 0.857 0.91 0.70–1.16 0.438

Postmenopausal women only N=325 N=1793 N=591

Age at menopause (Ref: age ≤50) . ≥50 yrs. 1.22 0.75–1.96 0.409 1.12 0.91–1.37 0.276 1.17 0.81–1.69 0.392

BMI (Ref: <25) 25–29 0.93 0.52–1.65 0.816 0.83 0.63–1.09 0.193 0.86 0.50–1.46 0.585
≥30 0.67 0.38–1.16 0.154 0.67 0.51–0.86 0.003 0.83 0.49–1.39 0.476

Hormone therapy use (Ref: Never)* Former 0.64 0.36–1.15 0.137 0.88 0.69–1.13 0.321 1.19 0.76–1.86 0.456
Current 2.03 1.18–3.47 0.01 1.71 1.33–2.19 <0.001 5.90 2.13–16.33 0.001

Abbreviations: Interm: Intermediate; dx: diagnosis; BC: breast cancer; BMI: body mass index; W-H ratio: Waist to hip ratio; AFFP: Age at first full-term pregnancy.

*

P value for interaction between ancestry category and reproductive/lifestyle variable = 0.05