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. 2020 Nov 17;18:327. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01797-2

Table 2.

Effect of nine breast cancer risk factors on breast cancer-specific survival for all breast cancers, estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and ER-negative breast cancers. HR hazard ratio, CI 95% confidence interval, FDR false discovery rate

Risk factor All ER-positive ER-negative
HR CI P value FDR HR CI P value FDR HR CI P value FDR
Alcohol consumption (drinks per week) 1.10 0.76–1.60 0.62 0.92 1.12 0.69–1.81 0.65 0.65 0.91 0.42–1.97 0.82 0.90
Body mass index (adult, kg/m2) 1.01 0.81–1.25 0.95 0.95 1.10 0.83–1.45 0.52 0.62 1.14 0.72–1.82 0.57 0.88
Height (adult, m) 0.99 0.89–1.11 0.89 0.95 1.04 0.91–1.21 0.55 0.62 1.08 0.82–1.27 0.88 0.90
Mammographic density (dense vs non-dense area) 0.94 0.75–1.18 0.59 0.92 0.90 0.75–1.08 0.24 0.59 1.12 0.79–1.60 0.52 0.88
Menarche (age at onset) 1.07 0.97–1.18 0.21 0.92 1.06 0.94–1.21 0.34 0.61 1.06 0.86–1.29 0.59 0.88
Menopause (age at onset) 1.01 0.98–1.05 0.49 0.92 1.03 0.98–1.08 0.21 0.59 1.01 0.93–1.08 0.90 0.90
Physical activity (overall physical activity time) 1.06 0.52–2.16 0.87 0.95 1.66 0.48–5.71 0.43 0.62 0.36 0.09–1.54 0.17 0.77
Smoking behaviour (ever vs never) 1.07 0.83–1.38 0.59 0.92 0.82 0.58–1.16 0.26 0.59 1.53 0.92–2.54 0.10 0.77
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (yes vs no) 1.10 1.04–1.18 0.01 0.02 1.09 1.01–1.18 0.04 0.32 1.09 0.97–1.24 0.15 0.88