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. 2018 Mar 22;20:23. doi: 10.1186/s13058-018-0948-4

Table 5.

Association of changea in %MD between prior to/at first diagnosisb and post diagnosisc with CBC risk

Difference in %MD CBCd
Number (%)
UBCd
Number (%)
ORe (95% CI)
Difference <10% 150 (71) 144 (64) 1.00
Decrease ≥10% 60 (29) 81 (36) 0.63 (0.40, 1.01)

Abbreviations: %MD percent mammographic density, CBC contralateral breast cancer, UBC unilateral breast cancer, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

aDefined as the difference between the two time points

bPrior to/at 1st diagnosis was 36 months prior up to 1 month post diagnosis

cPost diagnosis was > 6 months up to 48 months post diagnosis

dExcluding those with missing menopausal status information and those with an increase ≥10%

eOR adjusted for change in age, estimated body mass index, and menopausal status between prior to/at first diagnosis and post-diagnosis mammograms and for initial %MD, study center, race (non-Hispanic white versus other), age at first diagnosis, age at menarche, number of full-term pregnancies, histologic type, stage, and estrogen receptor status of first diagnosis, chemotherapy, radiation, and tamoxifen use after first diagnosis