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. 2018 Feb 21;126(2):027011. doi: 10.1289/EHP1480

Table 4.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the association between latent classes and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal and premenopausal white women at time of breast cancer diagnosis.

Exposure Premenopausal Postmenopausal Interaction p-Valued
Person-years BC eventsa HR (95% CI)b adjHR (95% CI)c Person-years BC eventsa HR (95% CI)b adjHR (95% CI)c
Beauty Classes                  
 Infrequent user 6,834 74 1 1 53,247 372 1 1  
 Moderate user 19,586 177 0.99 (0.75, 1.30) 0.98 (0.74, 1.30) 84,289 631 1.13 (1.10, 1.16) 1.16 (1.12, 1.19) 0.26
 Frequent user 19,861 191 1.01 (0.77, 1.33) 1.01 (0.76, 1.33) 90,181 656 1.14 (1.10, 1.17) 1.18 (1.14, 1.21) 0.33
 Totalse 46,281 442     227,717 1,659      
Hair Classes                  
 Infrequent users of hair spray 21,377 208 1 1 115,014 841 1 1  
 Moderate users of hair spray, conditioner, pomade and hair straightener 443 4 7,190 56 0.76 (0.71, 0.81) 0.76 (0.71, 0.81) 0.46
 Frequent users of hair spray and hair gel 24,277 229 1.07 (0.89, 1.29) 1.04 (0.86, 1.26) 103,825 757 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 1.03 (1.01, 1.06) 0.84
 Totalse 46,097 441     226,029 1,654      
Skincare Classes                  
 Infrequent user 8,266 76 1 1 43,793 324 1 1  
 Moderate user 20,031 200 1.09 (0.84, 1.42) 1.06 (0.81, 1.39) 101,807 721 1.05 (1.02, 1.08) 1.08 (1.05, 1.12) 0.51
 Frequent user 13,152 122 1.07 (0.80, 1.42) 1.06 (0.79, 1.42) 52,621 420 1.11 (1.07, 1.14) 1.12 (1.09, 1.16) 0.65
 Talcum powder user 4,853 44 0.88 (0.61, 1.29) 0.84 (0.57, 1.23) 29,453 195 0.99 (0.95, 1.03) 1.03 (0.99, 1.07) 0.91
 Totalse 46,302 442     227,674 1,660      

Note: adjHR, adjusted hazard ratio; BC, breast cancer; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.

a

Total numbers of BC events and person-years are for women with complete data for each product class; after accounting for missing data, among women with known menopausal status, total numbers of person-years and BC events were 47,166 and 445, respectively, for premenopausal white women and 230,023 and 1,679, respectively, for postmenopausal white women; results were not reported if <20BC events.

b

Models accounted for age by using age as the time scale, where participants entered the analysis at their enrollment age (left-truncation) and accrued person-time until they exited at their cancer diagnosis or were administratively censored at their age at last follow-up.

c

In addition to the adjustments described in b, models were adjusted for baseline menopausal status, parity, age at first live birth, duration of breastfeeding, adult body mass index, alcohol use, oral contraceptive use, hormone therapy use, education, family history, region of residence, age at menarche, and smoking status. Results were not reported if <20BC events.

d

p-Value for interaction by menopausal status, derived by adding interaction term to adjusted Cox proportional hazard model for pre- and postmenopausal white women.

e

Women with unknown or missing menopausal status at follow-up (n=346) were excluded; n=22 breast cancer cases were premenopausal at baseline and had an unknown menopausal status at follow-up.

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