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. 2018 Sep 14;13(9):e0203469. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203469

Table 3. Anthropometric and lifestyle factors and their association with breast cancer.

Variables Cases/Controls OR(95%CI)1 OR(95%CI)2
Height
<1.53 224/399
1.53–1.57 401/666 1.10(0.88–1.37) 1.07(0.84–1.35)
>1.57 589/950 1.08(0.88–1.34) 1.06(0.84–1.33)
BMI
<23.0 654/757
23.0–27.4 388/758 0.68(0.57–0.81)*** 0.67(0.56–0.81)***
≥27.5 165/493 0.53(0.43–0.67)*** 0.47(0.37–0.61)***
Ever smoked
Never 1202/3,745
Ever 93/214 0.97(0.74–1.28) 0.75(0.56–1.01)
Alcohol intake
Non-drinker 1073/3,394
Less than 1 glass per week 98/279 0.71(0.55–0.91)** 0.45(0.34–0.59)***
1 glass per week or more 71/169 0.75(0.55–1.02) 0.52(0.37–0.71)***
Soy milk intake
None 795/2362
1 cup per week or less 382/1036 1.17(1–1.37)* 1.24(1.03–1.49)*
1 cup or more per week 72/521 0.36(0.27–0.48)*** 0.25(0.18–0.33)***
Soy products intake
Once a week/less 403/401
Once a week or more 614/1,476 0.39(0.33–0.47)*** 0.40(0.33–0.48)***
Physical activity, childhood (METS-hours/week)
<10 368/404
10–20 282/576 0.58(0.47–0.72)*** 0.55(0.44–0.7)***
>20 425/942 0.59(0.48–0.72)*** 0.58(0.47–0.72)***
Physical activity, mid-adulthood (METS-hours/week)
<10 524/518
10–20 307/639 0.52(0.43–0.63)*** 0.50(0.41–0.61)***
>20 243/785 0.35(0.29–0.43)*** 0.35(0.29–0.44)***
Physical activity, recent (METS-hours/week)
<10 518/706
10–20 407/759 0.73(0.61–0.87)*** 0.72(0.59–0.87)***
>20 168/490 0.45(0.36–0.56)*** 0.42(0.33–0.53)***

*p<0.05;

**p<0.01;

***p<0.001

1Adjusted for age, ethnicity, and education. Only participants from private hospital were included

2Adjusted for age, ethnicity, education, and breast cancer risk factors (age of menarche, menopausal status, ever had full term pregnancy, first degree family history of breast cancer, parity, age of first full term pregnancy, ever breastfed, breastfeeding duration, ever had breast surgery when appropriate). Only participants from private hospital were included