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. 2018 Feb 5;20:10. doi: 10.1186/s13058-018-0932-z

Table 1.

Demographics of study participants at time of recruitment to the Predicting Risk of Cancer At Screening (PROCAS) study*

Study 1 Study 2 PROCAS
Control subjects Case subjects Control subjects Case subjects (n = 57902)
(n = 1098) (n = 366) (n = 1014) (n = 338)
Number Percent Number Percent P value Number Percent Number Percent P value Number Percent
Age at consent (years)
 < 50 117 10.7 40 10.9 50 4.9 17 5.0 7173 12.4
 50–54 316 28.8 104 28.4 203 20.0 66 19.5 16962 29.3
 55–59 157 14.3 53 14.5 179 17.7 61 18.0 11046 19.1
 60–64 237 21.6 79 21.6 315 31.1 105 31.1 11223 19.4
 65–69 197 17.9 66 18.0 210 20.7 70 20.7 8552 14.8
 70+ 74 6.7 24 6.6 1.000 57 5.6 19 5.6 1.000 2946 5.1
 Median (IQR) 58 51–64 58 51–64 0.988 61 55–65 61 55–65 0.965 57 51–63
Menopausal status
 Perimenopausal 170 15.5 57 15.6 145 14.3 49 14.5 10760 18.6
 Postmenopausal 747 68.0 248 67.8 769 75.8 256 75.7 37201 64.2
 Premenopausal 136 12.4 46 12.6 67 6.6 22 6.5 6869 11.9
 Unknown 45 4.1 15 4.1 1.000 33 3.3 11 3.3 1.000 3072 5.3
HRT use
 Never 699 63.7 250 68.3 518 51.1 177 52.4 36505 63.0
 Previous 342 31.1 93 25.4 379 37.4 122 36.1 16438 28.4
 Current 56 5.1 19 5.2 110 10.8 37 10.9 4421 7.6
 Unknown 1 0.1 4 1.1 0.302a 7 0.7 2 0.6 0.972 538 0.9
BMI (kg/m2)
 < 25 345 31.4 112 30.6 334 32.9 108 32.0 20774 35.8
 25–29 353 32.1 122 33.3 346 34.1 118 34.9 18969 32.8
 ≥ 30 327 29.8 105 28.7 272 26.8 88 26.0 14256 24.6
 Unknown 73 6.6 27 7.4 0.918 62 6.1 24 7.1 0.904 3933 6.8
 Median (IQR) 27.2 24.0–31.2 27.8 24.0–30.8 0.581 26.6 23.9–30.5 26.6 23.9–30.5 0.517 26.4 23.6–30.3
Ethnic origin
 White 1038 94.5 334 91.3 924 91.1 304 89.9 52689 91.0
 Other/unknown 50 4.6 32 8.7 0.003 90 8.9 34 10.1 0.511 5213 9.0
Year of mammogram
 2009 22 2.0 0 0.0 2372 4.1
 2010 607 55.3 43 11.7 196 19.3 70 20.7 14761 25.5
 2011 396 36.1 130 35.5 553 54.5 177 52.4 18350 31.7
 2012 70 6.4 129 35.2 264 26.0 86 25.4 14214 24.5
 2013 3 0.3 30 8.2 1 0.1 3 0.9 3499 6.0
 2014 0 0.0 33 9.0 0 0.0 2 0.6 3804 6.6
 2015 0 0.0 1 0.3 < 0.001b 0.769c 900 1.6
Initial Tyrer-Cuzick (10-year %)
 Median (IQR) 2.72 2.18 – 3.52 2.95 2.29–3.90 0.003 2.63 2.10–3.47 2.91 2.25–4.02 < 0.001 2.67 2.12–3.47
Family history
 None 803 73.1 249 68.0 754 74.4 229 67.8 42367 73.2
 FDR only 104 9.5 42 11.5 107 10.6 47 13.0 5749 9.9
 SDR only 147 13.4 51 13.9 126 12.4 42 12.4 7998 13.8
 FDR and SDR 44 4.0 24 6.6 0.112 27 2.7 20 5.9 0.008 1788 3.1
Current alcohol use
 No 283 25.8 89 24.3 273 26.9 93 27.5 15815 27.3
 Yes 797 72.6 269 73.5 726 71.6 241 71.3 41130 71.0
 Unknown 18 1.6 8 2.2 0.697 15 1.5 4 1.2 0.908 957 1.7
Any children
 No 128 11.7 43 11.7 98 9.7 45 13.3 7384 12.7
 Yes 970 88.3 323 88.3 915 90.2 290 85.8 50411 87.1
 Unknown 0.963 1 0.1 3 0.9 0.023d 107 0.2
Prior biopsy of breast
 No 910 82.9 284 77.6 837 82.5 252 74.6 47359 81.8
 Yes 159 14.5 65 17.8 153 15.1 76 22.5 8911 15.4
 Unknown 29 2.6 17 4.6 0.041 24 2.4 10 3.0 0.005 1632 2.8

*In study 1 cases are women with breast cancer detected at first screen on entry to the PROCAS study and in study 2 cases are women with breast cancer detected within PROCAS at a subsequent screen or between screening rounds

IQR interquartile range, HRT hormone replacement therapy, BMI body mass index, FDR first-degree relative, SDR second-degree relative

aExcludes unknown

b2013-2015 combined

c2012-2014 combined

dUnknown combined with no children