Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants at inclusion in this study (N = 2691) from the GAZEL cohort
| Continuous variables | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 51.5 | 2.8 |
| Type A personality | 54.3 | 7.4 |
| Total hostility | 29.6 | 9.5 |
| Behavioral hostility | 6.8 | 3.4 |
| Cognitive hostility | 14.0 | 5.2 |
| Depressive symptoms | 16.4 | 10.5 |
| Discrete variables | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Occupational grade | ||
| Blue‐collar workers, clerks | 609 | 22.6 |
| First‐line supervisors, sales representatives | 1839 | 68.3 |
| Management or training | 243 | 9.0 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single, separated, divorced, widowed | 661 | 24.6 |
| Living as couple | 2030 | 75.4 |
| Age at menarche | ||
| <11 years old | 97 | 3.6 |
| ≥11 years old | 2594 | 96.4 |
| Age at first delivery | ||
| Nulliparous | 295 | 11.0 |
| <20 years old | 125 | 4.6 |
| 20–29 | 1978 | 73.5 |
| ≥30 years old | 293 | 10.9 |
| Family history of breast cancer | ||
| No | 2275 | 84.5 |
| Yes | 416 | 15.5 |
| Gynecological follow‐up | ||
| None | 177 | 6.6 |
| By a gynecologist | 2300 | 85.5 |
| By a nongynecologist | 214 | 7.9 |
| Hormone therapy use | ||
| No | 848 | 31.5 |
| Yes | 1843 | 68.5 |
| Number of completed follow‐up questionnaires | ||
| 1 | 242 | 9.0 |
| 2 | 768 | 28.5 |
| 3 | 552 | 20.5 |
| 4 | 891 | 33.1 |
| 5 | 238 | 8.8 |