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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Mar 5;30(4):395–408. doi: 10.1007/s10552-019-01154-6

Table 2.

Proband enrollment and biospecimen collection, by race/ethnicity, age at diagnosis, stage, first-degree cancer family history, neighborhood socioeconomic status, education, and country of birth.

Breast cancer cases eligible as probands n = 4,780 Enrolled probands n = 3,620 a


Enrollment a
Biospecimen collection b
Biospecimen collection c
n % OR d 95% CI n % n % OR e 95% CI



Overall participation 3,620 76 3,244 68 3,244 90
Race/ethnicity f
 Non-Hispanic whites 866 81 1.0 816 76 816 94 1.0
 Hispanics 1,072 75 0.85 0.69-1.04 1,013 71 1,013 95 1.55 0.99-2.41
 African Americans 831 76 0.88 0.71-1.10 762 69 762 92 0.83 0.56-1.25
 Asian Americans 851 72 0.68 0.55-0.83 653 55 653 76 0.30 0.20-0.45
  Chinese 387 74 0.80 0.62-1.04 279 54 279 72 0.23 0.15-0.36
  Japanese 94 75 0.77 0.50-1.20 83 66 83 88 0.51 0.25-1.02
  Filipinas 267 66 0.51 0.39-0.66 201 50 201 75 0.27 0.16-0.44
  Others g 103 75 0.79 0.52-1.21 90 65 90 87 0.50 0.25-1.00
P value for differences by race/ethnicity h <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Age at diagnosis (years)
 18-34 371 76 1.0 343 70 343 92 1.0
 35-49 1,395 75 0.93 0.73-1.18 1,252 67 1,252 90 1.57 1.01-2.43
 50-64 1,854 76 0.93 0.80-1.07 1,649 68 1,649 89 1.12 0.88-1.42
P value for differences by age h 0.55 0.56 0.40 0.13 0.12
Stage at diagnosis i
 In situ 299 79 1.01 0.77-1.33 277 73 277 93 1.32 0.82-2.14
 Localized 1,915 78 1.0 1,745 71 1,745 91 1.0
 Regional 1,087 79 1.06 0.90-1.24 965 70 965 89 0.77 0.59-1.00
 Distant 70 76 0.88 0.54-1.44 55 60 55 79 0.36 0.19-0.68
 Missing 249 52 0.31 0.26-0.39 202 42 0.57 0.39-0.82
P value for differences by stage h 0.01 <0.01 0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Cancer family history j
 Yes 1,388 78 1.06 0.91-1.23 1,269 71 1,269 91 1.10 0.85-1.42
 No 2,232 75 1.0 1,975 66 1,975 88 1.0
P value for differences by family history h 0.01 0.46 <0.01 <0.01 0.45
Neighborhood socioeconomic status k
 1 (low) 680 78 1.0 609 70 609 90 1.0
 2 718 76 0.89 0.71-1.11 646 68 646 90 1.03 0.72-1.48
 3 690 75 0.84 0.67-1.04 623 67 623 90 1.08 0.75-1.57
 4 745 75 0.86 0.69-1.07 661 66 661 89 0.91 0.64-1.30
 5 (high) 787 75 0.88 0.71-1.09 705 68 705 90 1.00 0.70-1.43
P value for differences by neighborhood SES h 0.45 0.57 0.58 0.90 0.92
Education l
 Some high school or less 469 91 1.0
 High school graduate 476 87 0.60 0.39-0.93
 Some college or other m 1,129 92 1.20 0.79-1.82
 College graduate 1,164 88 0.98 0.66-1.48
P value for differences by education h <0.01 <0.01
Country of birth n
 U.S.-born 2,128 93 1.0
 Foreign-born 1,115 84 0.66 0.49-0.90
P value for differences by country of birth h <0.01 0.01

Abbreviations: SES socioeconomic status, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

a

Completed the family history and risk factor questionnaires.

b

Completed the family history and risk factor questionnaires and provided a blood or mouthwash sample.

c

Enrolled probands who provided a blood or mouthwash sample.

d

Odds ratio of participation and 95% confidence interval, mutually adjusted for race/ethnicity, age at diagnosis, neighborhood SES.

e

Odds ratio of participation and 95% confidence interval, mutually adjusted for race/ethnicity, age at diagnosis, neighborhood SES, education, and country of birth. stage, cancer family history, and stage, cancer family history.

f

Based on self-report.

g

Includes other Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and mixed race/ethnicity.

h

P value from chi square test; in multivariable models, P value from Wald test.

i

SEER summary stage.

j

Family history of breast, ovarian or childhood cancer in first-degree relatives.

k

Neighborhood SES based on a composite measure of seven SES indicators from Census data at the level of block groups and categorized according to the quintile distribution of eligible breast cancer cases.

l

Education was missing for 14 probands.

m

Technical or vocational school.

n

Country of birth was missing for 4 probands.