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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 4.

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

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)

San Francisco Mammography Registry
 Clinical BI-RADS density 0.63(0.61–0.65) 0.72 (0.68–0.75) <0.001
  Almost entirely fatty 114/303 0.66(0.50–0.86)   13/66 0.63(0.29–1.40)
  Scattered fibroglandular densities 407/834 1.00 (reference)   54/184 1.00 (reference)
  Heterogeneously dense 394/745 1.26(1.05–1.52) 107/194 2.25(1.44–3.51)
  Extremely dense 139/208 1.80 (1.36–2.38)   84/69 5.23(2.97–9.21)
 Automated BI-RADS densityt 0.62 (0.60–0.64) 0.71 (0.67–0.75) <0.001
  Almost entirely fatty 158/371 0.75 (0.59–0.96)   16/77 0.96(0.47–1.96)
  Scattered fibroglandular densities 314/628 1.00 (reference)   39/132 1.00 (reference)
  Heterogeneously dense 385/704 1.36(1.11–1.67)   85/172 2.36(1.36–4.10)
  Extremely dense 197/387 1.48 (1.13–1.94) 118/132 5.58(2.93–10.6)
Mayo Clinic
 Clinical BI-RADS density 0.64(0.62–0.67) 0.73 (0.68–0.79) 0.001
  Almost entirely fatty   93/388 0.57 (0.42–0.76)    6/44 0.78(0.26–2.31)
  Scattered fibroglandular densities 243/647 1.00 (reference)   20/99 1.00 (reference)
  Heterogeneously dense 184/450 1.27 (0.99–1.64)   53/80 3.70(1.83–7.48)
  Extremely dense   35/75 1.91 (1.17–3.10)   14/23 4.10(1.34–12.6)
Automated BI-RADS density 0.66 (0.63–0.68) 0.71 (0.65–0.76) <0.001
 Almost entirely fatty 138/457 0.69 (0.53–0.90)    7/62 0.41 (0.15–1.10)
 Scattered fibroglandular densities 222/554 1.00 (reference) 22/81 1.00 (reference)
 Heterogeneously dense 137/408 0.97 (0.73–1.28) 31/69 2.06 (0.98–4.30)
 Extremely dense   58/141 1.53(1.01–2.33) 33/34 7.45 (2.65–20.9)

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).