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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Dec;24(12):1882–1889. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0623

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Study Population by Screening Mammogram Result, Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium

Mammogram Classification
Characteristic FP, Additional
Imaging N=159,448
FP, Biopsy
N=22,892
True-Negative
N=2,025,602

N % N % N %
Age, years
  40–49 55,505 34.8 7,577 33.1 531,206 26.2
  50–59 51,227 32.1 7,417 32.4 661,656 32.7
  60–69 39,496 24.8 5,909 25.8 605,282 29.9
  70–74 13,220 8.3 1,989 8.7 227,458 11.2
Race/Ethnicity
  White 137,051 86.0 19,063 83.3 1,680,964 83.0
  Black 6,646 4.2 1,413 6.2 108,256 5.3
  Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander 5,005 3.1 876 3.8 86,173 4.3
  Hispanic 9,946 6.2 1,405 6.1 138,578 6.8
  American Indian/Alaska Native 8,00 0.5 135 0.6 11,631 0.6
Menopausal Status
  Pre/Peri- 63,111 39.6 8,749 38.2 605266 29.9
  Post- 96,337 60.4 14,143 61.8 1420336 70.1
Family History of Breast Cancer
  Yes 25,021 15.7 3,678 16.1 311,419 15.4
  No 134,427 84.3 19,214 83.9 1,714,183 84.6
History of breast biopsy
  Yes 38,970 24.2 6,675 29.2 425,906 21.0
  No 120,478 75.6 16,217 70.8 1,599,696 79.0
BI-RADS Breast Density
  Almost entirely fat 7,004 4.4 1,193 5.2 197,148 9.7
  Scattered fibroglandular densities 65,367 41.0 9,331 40.8 919,377 45.4
  Heterogeneously dense 73,470 46.1 10,303 45.0 754,879 37.3
  Extremely dense 13,607 8.5 2,065 9.0 154,198 7.6
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FP = false-positive; BI-RADS = Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System