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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 3.

Characteristics of Study Population, by Study Cohort

Variable San Francisco Mammography Registry
Control Participants (n = 2603)
Mayo Clinic Control
Participants (n = 1806)

Mean age (SD), y 58.3(11.9) 61.3(11.4)
Mean body mass index (SD), kg/m2 24.9 (5.1) 28.6 (6.5)
Median dense breast volume (IQR), mL* 50.7 (36.3–71.9) 52.5 (39.7–70.6)
Family history of breast cancer, n (%)   453 (17.4)   384(21.4)
History of breast biopsy, n (%) 315 (12.1) 473 (26.2)
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
 White 1768 (67.9) 1758 (97.3)
 Asian   549 (21.1)   21 (1.2)
 Black    87 (3.3)    2 (0.1)
 Hispanic   101 (3.9)    9 (0.5)
 Other   98 (3.8)   16 (0.9)
Clinical BI-RADS density, n (%)
 Almost entirely fatty   369 (14.2) 432 (23.9)
 Scattered fibroglandular densities 1018 (39.1) 746 (41.3)
 Heterogeneously dense   939 (36.1) 530 (29.3)
 Extremely dense 277 (10.6)   98 (5.4)
Automated BI-RADS density, n (%)*
 Almost entirely fatty 448 (17.2) 519 (28.7)
 Scattered fibroglandular densities 760 (29.2) 635 (35.2)
 Heterogeneously dense 876 (33.7) 477 (26.4)
 Extremely dense 519 (19.9) 175 (9.7)
BCSC 5–y risk, n (%)
 Low (G%-G.99%) 952 (36.6) 421 (23.3)
 Average (1.GG%–1.66%) 756 (29) 454(25.1)
 Intermediate (1.67%–2.49%) 583 (22.4) 527 (29.2)
 High (2.5G%–3.99%) 239 (9.2) 289 (16)
 Very high (≥4.GG%)   73 (2.8) 115(6.4)

BCSC = Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium; BI-RADS = Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System; IQR = interquartile range.

*

Measured with Volpara software (Volpara Solutions).

Mother, sister, or daughter with breast cancer.