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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

Appendix Table 1.

Risk for Screen-Detected and Interval Cancer for Recent and Distant BI-RADS Breast Density Measures Before Cancer Diagnosis, Among Women With Mammograms in Both Time Periods

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)

Recent breast density measure
 Clinical BI-RADS density 0.63(0.60–0.66) 0.75 (0.69–0.80) 0.003
  Almost entirely fatty   54/218 0.44 (0.30–0.63)   5/43 0.40(0.14–1.17)
  Scattered fibroglandular densities 244/509 1.00 (reference) 27/86 1.00 (reference)
  Heterogeneously dense 190/359 1.26(0.98–1.64) 60/99 1.83(0.97–3.47)
  Extremely dense   40/70 1.54(0.94–2.52) 26/20 4.31 (1.64–11.3)
Automated BI-RADS density 0.63 (0.60–0.66) 0.75 (0.69–0.80) <0.001
 Almost entirely fatty 131/354 0.71 (0.53–0.95)   8/58 0.87 (0.31–2.42)
  Scattered fibroglandular densities 191/394 1.00 (reference) 23/91 1.00 (reference)
  Heterogeneously dense 153/289 1.23(0.92–1.66) 48/60 5.85 (2.56–13.3)
  Extremely dense   53/119 1.10(0.70–1.72) 39/39 9.79(3.51–27.3)
Distant breast density measure§
 Clinical BI-RADS density 0.63(0.60–0.66) 0.75 (0.69–0.80) <0.001
  Almost entirely fatty   65/238 0.49 (0.34–0.70)   4/44 0.49(0.15–1.59)
  Scattered fibroglandular densities 225/482 1.00 (reference) 23/89 1.00 (reference)
  Heterogeneously dense 188/365 1.26(0.96–1.65) 62/87 2.83(1.45–5.51)
  Extremely dense   50/71 2.09(1.30–3.34) 29/28 4.40(1.75–11.1)
 Automated BI-RADS density 0.63 (0.60–0.66) 0.75 (0.69–0.80) <0.001
  Almost entirely fatty 118/302 0.80(0.59–1.07) 6/50 0.52 (0.18–1.53)
  Scattered fibroglandular densities 192/410 1.00 (reference) 26/86 1.00 (reference)
  Heterogeneously dense 151/317 1.19(0.88–1.60) 39/66 2.72 (1.28–5.77)
  Extremely dense   67/127 1.41 (0.92–2.16) 47/46 6.20(2.39–16.1)

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.

Defined as >6 mo to <2 y before cancer diagnosis.

Measured with Volpara software (Volpara Solutions).

§

Defined as 2–5 y before cancer diagnosis.