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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2017 Nov 22;11(2):113–119. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-17-0245

Table 3.

Association between CLS-B and subsequent cancer risk

BBD controls n = 86 BBD cases n = 86 Pa Pb Pc
Any CLS-B, n (%) 16 (18.6%) 21 (24.4%) 0.07 0.09 0.11
>5 CLS-B, n (%) 4 (4.7%) 9 (10.5%) 0.007 0.01 0.02
Number of CLS-B (among CLS-B-positive samples)
 Median (range) 3 (1–55) 5 (1–37) 0.81 0.80 0.84
CLS-B densityd (among CLS-B-positive samples)
 Median (range) 2.7 (0.7–19.7) 3.3 (0.7–27.0) 0.74 0.33 0.42
MSS, n (%) 0.54 0.73 0.93
 1 25 (29.1%) 30 (34.9%)
 2 37 (43.0%) 33 (38.4%)
 3 24 (27.9%) 23 (26.7%)
 Mean (SD) 1.99 (0.76) 1.92 (0.79)
a

P value from conditional logistic regression, adjusted for adipose area (cm2) for measures not standardized to area.

b

P value from conditional logistic regression adjusting for adipose area (cm2) as above and also histologic impression.

c

P value from conditional logistic regression adjusting for adipose area (cm2) as above and also histologic impression and BMI.

d

Lesions/cm2 adipose tissue