Table 4.
Association between average servings per day of different food categories and mammographic breast density among women in Karachi, Pakistan
| Food categories | Heterogeneously dense | Dense | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |||
| Grains per day | 1.00 | 0.87 | 1.16 | 1.08 | 0.92 | 1.27 |
| Vegetables per day | 0.98 | 0.91 | 1.06 | 1.04 | 0.95 | 1.13 |
| Fruits per day | 0.97 | 0.87 | 1.09 | 0.99 | 0.87 | 1.13 |
| Dairy products per day | 0.84 | 0.72 | 0.97 | 0.93 | 0.78 | 1.1 |
| Red meat per day | 1.02 | 0.78 | 1.33 | 1.14 | 0.85 | 1.53 |
| White meat per day | 1.15 | 0.81 | 1.62 | 1.17 | 0.79 | 1.75 |
| Plant proteins per day | 0.91 | 0.75 | 1.11 | 0.85 | 0.67 | 1.07 |
Fatty and scattered glandular combined as the reference group
OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval