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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2018 May 1;168(11):757–765. doi: 10.7326/M17-3008

Table 2.

Risk for Screen-Detected and Interval Cancer for BI-RADS Breast Density Measured More Than 6 Months to 5 Years Before Cancer Diagnosis

Variable Screen-Detected Cancer
Interval Cancer
P Value for
Interval vs.
Screen-
Detected
Cancer
Case
Participants/
Control
Participants,
n/N
OR (95% CI)* C-Statistic
(95% CI)
Case
Participants/
Control
Participants,
n/N
OR (95% CI)* C-Statistic
(95% CI)

Clinical BI-RADS density - - 0.62 (0.61–0.64)  - - 0.72 (0.69–0.75) <0.001
 Almost entirely fatty 207/691 0.62 (0.51–0.75) - 19/110 0.74(0.41–1.36) -
 Scattered fibroglandular densities 650/1481 1.00 (reference) - 74/283 1.00 (reference) -
 Heterogeneously dense 578/1195 1.26 (1.09–1.46) - 160/274 2.51 (1.74–3.61) -
 Extremely dense 174/283 1.83(1.44–2.32) - 98/92 5.09(3.11–8.35) -
Automated BI-RADS densityt - - 0.62 (0.60–0.63) - - 0.70 (0.66–0.73) <0.001
 Almost entirely fatty 296/828 0.73 (0.61–0.87) - 23/139 0.73(0.42–1.29) -
 Scattered fibroglandular densities 536/1182 1.00 (reference) - 61/213 1.00 (reference) -
 Heterogeneously dense 522/1112 1.20 (1.02–1.41) - 116/241 2.22(1.44–3.43) -
 Extremely dense 255/528 1.43 (1.14–1.79) - 151/166 5.65 (3.33–9.60) -

BI-RADS = Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System; OR = odds ratio.

*

Adjusted for age, body mass index, family history of breast cancer, history of breast biopsy, and race/ethnicity.

Measured with Volpara software (Volpara Solutions).