Table 4.
Associations of adult height with V metric in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and the NHSII, stratified by menopausal status at mammogram
| Beta coefficients (95% confidence intervals) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premenopausal women (N=1,700) |
Postmenopausal women (N=1,947) |
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| N | MV-adjusted a | N | MV-adjusted a | |
| Height, inches | ||||
| <63.0 | 294 | 0 (Ref) | 377 | 0 (Ref) |
| 63.0–64.9 | 518 | 0.001 (−0.13, 0.13) | 601 | 0.20 (0.08, 0.32) |
| 65.0–65.9 | 232 | −0.06 (−0.21, 0.10) | 278 | 0.10 (−0.04, 0.24) |
| 66.0–66.9 | 220 | 0.001 (−0.16, 0.16) | 258 | 0.13 (−0.01, 0.28) |
| ≥67.0 | 436 | −0.03 (−0.16, 0.11) | 433 | 0.08 (−0.05, 0.21) |
| P-trend | 0.67 | 0.61 | ||
| Per 1-inch increase | −0.005 (−0.03, 0.02) | 0.005 (−0.01, 0.03) | ||
MV-adjusted model includes age (years, continuous), race (white/nonwhite), personal history of benign breast disease (yes/no), family history of breast cancer (yes/no), parity/age at first birth (nulliparous, 1–2 births/<25 years, 1–2 births/25–29 years, 1–2 births/≥30 years, >=3 births/<25 years, >=3 births/≥25 years, parous/missing age at first birth), alcohol use (0, 0.1–4.9, 5–14.9, ≥15 g/d, missing), smoking (never, former, current), breastfeeding (<1, 1–6, 7–12, ≥13 months), childhood body fatness (1–4.5+ level, continuous) and, in postmenopausal women, age at menopause (<=44, 45–49, 50–54, ≥55 years, missing) and postmenopausal hormone use (never, former, current).
Note: V measures = V75 erosion, low resolution