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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 3.

Adjusted Hazard Ratios from Cox Proportional Hazards Models for Screening Mammogram Result, Overall and Stratified by Breast Density Group

BI-RADS BREAST DENSITY

Prior Mammogram
Result, Recommendation
OVERALL
aHR (95% CI)*
Almost entirely fat
aHR (95% CI)**
Scattered fibroglandular
aHR (95%CI)**
Heterogeneously dense
aHR (95% CI)**
Extremely dense
aHR (95% CI)**
True-negative REF REF REF REF REF
False-positive, additional imaging 1.39 (1.35, 1.44) 1.70 (1.42, 2.04) 1.44 (1.37, 1.52) 1.34 (1.28, 1.40) 1.44 (1.31, 1.58)
False-positive, biopsy 1.76 (1.65, 1.88) 1.76 (1.17, 2.66) 1.75 (1.56, 1.95) 1.74 (1.59, 1.91) 1.87 (1.53, 2.27)
*

aHR is adjusted hazard ratio with adjustment for age, race/ethnicity, history of breast biopsy, family history of breast cancer, previous mammogram interval, menopause status, and stratified by BI-RADS breast density

**

aHR is adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, history of breast biopsy, family history of breast cancer, previous mammogram interval, and menopause status