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. 2016 Jun 21;21(6):066014. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.21.6.066014

Table 3.

Summary table for the nonadipose H&E images and corresponding spectra. The data are separated to show the number of data points above and below the median % collagen. The summary shows the number of sites, MBD, age, menopausal status, and tissue type. Sites with a high percentage of collagen were mostly from MBD of 2 or higher. FG sites had at least 56% or higher collagen.

  Collagen
  <44% 44% to 100%
Patients 52 71
Sites 91 90
Breast density    
MBD1 18 5
MBD2 32 29
MBD3 38 34
MBD4 3 21
Unknown MBD 0 1
Age 61±10.5 54.2±9.0
BMI 29.4±8.0 27.7±7.5
Menopausal status    
Pre 12 42
Post 77 46
Unknown 2 2
Tissue type    
FA 50 21
FG 0 14
Mix 27 45
Mal 14 10