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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Feb 25;20(5):854–858. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1041

Table 1.

Number and Percent of Women Enrolled In WHEL across Isoflavone category by Demographic, Medical and Tumor Characteristics

Soy Isoflavone Intake(mg/day)
Baseline Characteristics Level 1
[0-0.7]
median= 0
n (%)
Level 2
(0.7-1.01]
median= 0.3
n (%)
Level 3
(1.01-16.33]
median= 4.8
n (%)
Level 4
(16.33-86.9]
median= 26.7
n (%)
P-value*
Age (years) 0.008
< 45 182(37.9) 192(40) 80(16.7) 26(5.4)
45-54 440(39) 441(39.1) 180(15.9) 68(6)
55-60 179(37.9) 194(41.1) 75(15.9) 24(5.1)
>=60 294(44.9) 267(40.8) 75(11.5) 19(2.9)
Race/Ethnicity <0.001
White 910(39.0) 951(40.7) 350(15) 123(5.3)
Black 69(65.7) 26(24.8) 9(8.6) 1(1)
Hispanic 91(61.1) 42(28.2) 12(8.1) 4(2.7)
Asian 8(9.5) 45(53.6) 27(32.1) 4(4.8)
Other* 17(26.6) 30(46.9) 12(18.8) 5(7.8)
Education <0.001
Some college 625(50.2) 455(36.6) 128(10.3) 36(2.9)
College degree or higher 470(31.5) 639(42.8) 282(18.9) 101(6.8)
Menopausal Status 0.189
Post or Perimenopausal 985(40.6) 967(39.9) 357(14.7) 117(4.8)
Premenopausal 108(35.3) 126(41.2) 52(17) 20(6.5)
Baseline Tamoxifen Use 0.321
Current 646(39.3) 668(40.7) 247(15) 81(4.9)
Never 376(42.5) 334(37.8) 128(14.5) 46(5.2)
Past 59(33.9) 81(46.6) 27(15.5) 7(4)
ER/PR status
ER+ or PR+ 835(38.9) 865(40.3) 331(15.4) 113(5.3) 0.127
ER−/PR− 238(43.6) 214(39.2) 74(13.6) 20(3.7)
Stage 0.25
I 430(40.5) 438(41.2) 143(13.5) 52(4.9)
II 495(39.5) 489(40.0) 202(16.1) 68(5.4)
III 170(40.6) 167(39.9) 65(15.5) 17(3.3.)
Isoflavone Supplements** 0.001
Yes 17(29.3) 16(27.6) 18(31) 7(12.1)
No 1078(40.3) 1078(40.3) 392(14.6) 130(4.9)
*

Pacific Islander, American Indian/mixed race

**

p-value for differences of isoflavone intake between strata within category