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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 Jan 30;27(4):446–453. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0009

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by race/ethnicity of women undergoing screening mammography and enrolled in the Know Your Risk: Assessment at Screening (KYRAS) study (N=2019) at Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (November 2014–October 2015)

Variable, N=2019 (%) Hispanic
N=1542 (76.4%)
Non-Hispanic White
N=204 (10.1%)
Non-Hispanic Black
N=194 (9.6%)
Other
N=79 (3.9%)
p-value
Age (years) <0.0001
 <50 313 (20.3) 60 (29.4) 53 (27.3) 34 (43.0)
 50+ 1229 (79.7) 144 (70.6) 141 (72.7) 45 (57.0)
Education <0.0001
 High school diploma or less 1114 (72.2) 23 (11.3) 67 (34.6) 25 (31.7)
 Some college 207 (13.4) 17 (8.3) 54 (27.8) 16 (20.3)
 College diploma 162 (10.5) 59 (28.9) 48 (24.7) 16 (20.3)
 Graduate/professional degree 59 (3.8) 105 (51.5) 25 (12.9) 22 (27.7)
Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) <0.0001
 Underweight (<18.5) 17 (1.1) 8 (3.9) 2 (1.0) 4 (5.1)
 Normal weight (18.5–24.9) 399 (25.9) 87 (42.7) 38 (19.6) 38 (48.1)
 Overweight (25–29.9) 595 (38.6) 56 (27.4) 59 (30.4) 14 (17.7)
 Obese (30+) 531 (34.4) 53 (26.0) 95 (49.0) 23 (29.1)
Breast density* 0.0004
 Low breast density 1109 (71.9) 125 (61.3) 132 (68.0) 44 (55.7)
 High breast density 433 (28.1) 79 (38.7) 62 (32.0) 35 (44.3)
Frequency of screening mammography** <0.0001
 Annually 1109 (71.9) 124 (60.8) 125 (84.4) 41 (51.9)
 Biennially 247 (16.0) 38 (18.6) 35 (18.0) 15 (19.0)
 Every 3+ years 138 (9.0) 26 (12.8) 27 (13.9) 15 (19.0)
 First mammogram 48 (3.1) 16 (7.8) 7 (3.6) 8 (10.1)
High-risk for breast cancer
 5-year Gail risk score ≥1.67% 168 (10.9) 125 (61.3) 48 (24.7) 17 (21.5) <0.0001
 Eligible for BRCA genetic testing 164 (10.6) 44 (21.6) 18 (9.3) 11 (13.9) 0.0003
*

Breast density was dichotomized as low [almost entirely fatty (<25% density) or scattered areas of fibroglandular density (25–50%)] or high [heterogeneously dense (51–75%) or “extremely dense” (>75%)]

**

Yearly screening frequency was determined as a median of 9 to 18 months between screening mammograms. Biennial screening frequency was determined as a median of >18 to 30 months between screening mammograms. Every 3+ years was determined as greater than a median of 30 months between screening mammograms