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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2016 Sep 8;27(10):1239–1252. doi: 10.1007/s10552-016-0803-9

Table 3.

Sedentary Time and Breast Cancer Incidence by Hormone Receptor Status (1995–2013) in the Black Women’s Health Study

ER+ or PR+ ER− and PR− ER− and PR− and Her2−

Cases/Person-years Adjusteda
HR (95% CI)
P-trend Cases/Person-years Adjusteda
HR (95% CI)
P-trend Cases/Person-years Adjusteda
HR (95% CI)
P-trend
Total sitting timec 0.17 0.02 0.04
 <5 hours/day 190/136,670 Reference 82/136,521 Reference 30/136,006 Reference
 5–<7 hours/day 371/275,055 1.00 (0.82, 1.23) 162/272,534 1.21 (0.88, 1.68) 59/271,588 1.05 (0.62, 1.78)
 7–<10 hours/day 330/220,587 1.11 (0.90, 1.36) 136/218,531 1.24 (0.88, 1.75) 58/217,899 1.23 (0.72, 2.09)
 ≥10 hours/day 116/76,073 1.16 (0.88, 1.52) 51/75,389 1.70 (1.13, 2.55) 26/75,177 1.91 (1.04, 3.49)
Sitting at workc 0.52 0.62 0.18
 <1 hour/day 129/96,139 Reference 59/95,380 Reference 18/94,945 Reference
 1–2 hours/day 146/94,967 1.05 (0.79, 1.39) 61/94,158 1.03 (0.65, 1.64) 25/93,840 1.31 (0.61, 2.82)
 3–4 hours/day 228/147,606 1.05 (0.81, 1.37) 87/145,966 1.04 (0.68, 1.59) 41/145,572 1.42 (0.70, 2.88)
 ≥5 hours/day 504/371,006 1.08 (0.85, 1.37) 244/367,802 1.39 (0.96, 2.02) 89/366,642 1.55 (0.81, 3.00)
Watching TVb,c 0.53 0.20 0.18
 <1 hour/day 69/57,775 Reference 36/57,305 Reference 14/57,111 Reference
 1–2 hours/day 352/256,624 0.92 (0.69, 1.23) 145/254,233 1.09 (0.70, 1.70) 56/253,410 1.42 (0.64, 3.16)
 3–4 hours/day 406/271,850 1.03 (0.78, 1.38) 167/269,414 1.03 (0.66, 1.61) 64/268,501 1.32 (0.59, 2.94)
 ≥5 hours/day 181/123,881 0.99 (0.72, 1.36) 85/122,779 1.38 (0.86, 2.23) 39/122,384 1.89 (0.82, 4.36)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ER−, estrogen receptor negative; ER+, estrogen receptor positive; HR, hazard ratio; Her2−, human epidermal growth factor 2 negative; PR−, progesterone receptor negative; PR+, progesterone receptor positive; TV, television.

a

Cox proportional hazards regression, with values updated using Anderson-Gill method, adjusted for: age (continuous), geographic region of residence (Northeast, South, Midwest, West, other), BMI (<25, 25–<30, 30–<35, ≥35 kg/m2), education (≤12, 13–15, ≥ 16 years), recreational physical activity (low, moderate, high), caloric intake (continuous), parity (0, 1–2, ≥3), age at menarche (≤11, 12–13, ≥14), menopausal hormone use (premenopausal, postmenopausal-never, postmenopausal-<5 years, postmenopausal- ≥ 5 years), oral contraceptive use (never, 0.5–5, ≥5 years), family history of breast cancer (yes/no), mammogram (ever, never), smoking (never, former, current-<15 per day, current-≥15 per day).

b

1995-Watching TV only, 1998-Watcing TV or videos, 1999 and 2001-Watching TV, videos, home computer.

c

Test for heterogeneity by subtype: Total time sitting, p=0.31; Sitting at work, p=0.10; Watching TV, p=0.81.