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. 2018 Feb 12;178(4):494–501. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.8642

Table 1. Characteristics of 403 268 Women by Family History of Breast Cancer in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium.

Characteristic No. (%)a
All Mammograms (N = 472 220) First-Degree Family History
None (n = 397 040) Any (n = 75 180) Relative’s Diagnosis Age <50 y (n = 15 388) Relative’s Diagnosis Age ≥50 y (n = 31 208)
Age at study entry, y
65-74 294 735 (60) 249 875 (61) 44 860 (57) 9128 (56) 18 699 (56)
≥75 177 485 (38) 147 165 (37) 30 320 (40) 6260 (41) 12 509 (40)
BI-RADS densityb
a 70 122 (15) 59 466 (15) 10 656 (14) 2147 (14) 4276 (14)
b 252 267 (53) 212 562 (54) 39 705 (53) 8068 (52) 16 081 (52)
c or d 149 831 (32) 125 012 (31) 24 819 (33) 5173 (34) 10 851 (35)
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 335 734 (71) 278 081 (70) 57 653 (77) 11 976 (78) 25 062 (80)
Black, non-Hispanic 26 267 (6) 23 005 (6) 3262 (4) 621 (4) 991 (3)
Asian/Pacific islander 23 589 (5) 21 329 (5) 2260 (3) 717 (5) 1219 (4)
Hispanic 29 300 (6) 25 578 (6) 3722 (5) 1038 (7) 1483 (5)
Other or mixed 4272 (1) 3589 (1) 683 (1) 223 (1) 338 (1)
Unknown 53 058 (11) 45458 (11) 7600 (10) 813 (5) 2115 (7)
Benign breast disease
None (no prior biopsy) 374 462 (79) 318 710 (80) 55 752 (74) 11 176 (73) 23 025 (74)
Prior biopsy, unknown diagnosis 81 540 (17) 65 305 (16) 16 235 (22) 3399 (22) 6639 (21)
Nonproliferative 10 329 (2) 8382 (2) 1947 (3) 473 (3) 956 (3)
Proliferative without atypia 4598 (1) 3644 (1) 954 (1) 260 (2) 448 (1)
Proliferative with atypia 1014 (0.2) 798 (0.2) 216 (0.3) 58 (0.4) 105 (0.3)
Lobular carcinoma in situ 277 (0.1) 201 (0.1) 76 (0.1) 22 (0.1) 35 (0.1)
Postmenopausal hormone therapy use
No 311 956 (66) 261 732 (66) 50 224 (67) 10 578 (69) 21 430 (69)
Yes 92 365 (20) 78 187 (20) 14 178 (19) 2629 (17) 5650 (18)
Unknown 67 899 (14) 57 121 (14) 10 778 (14) 2181 (14) 4128 (13)
BMI
<18.5 4738 (1) 3965 (1) 773 (1) 164 (1) 348 (1)
18.5-24.9 92 171 (20) 76 219 (19) 15 952 (21) 3714 (24) 7633 (24)
25.0-29.9 73 905 (16) 61 039 (15) 12 866 (17) 3389 (22) 6085 (19)
30.0-34.9 34 016 (7) 28 030 (7) 5986 (8) 1608 (10) 2968 (10)
≥35.0 16 884 (4) 13 794 (3) 3090 (4) 882 (6) 1606 (5)
Unknown 250 506 (53) 213 993 (54) 36 513 (49) 5631 (37) 12 568 (40)

Abbreviations: BI-RADS, Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System; BMI, body mass index, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.

a

Some columns do not sum to 100% due to rounding.

b

a Indicates almost entirely fat; b, scattered fibroglandular; c, heterogeneously dense; d, extremely dense. We grouped c and d categories together because they are not prevalent in older women.