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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2018 Mar 25;143(4):823–830. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31370

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population N=118.

Patient characteristics

Age at MRI (years)
Median (IQR) 57.0 (54.4, 61.8)

Reason for MRI, N(%)a
Abnormal screening mammogram 19 (16.1)
Lump in breast 5 (4.2)
High-risk breast cancer screening 109 (92.4)
Other 8 (6.8)

Race/Ethnicity, N(%)
White/Caucasian 107 (90.7)
Black/African American 7 (5.9)
Asian 2 (1.7)
Other 2 (1.7)

Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2)
Median (IQR) 24.3 (22.0, 28.1)
<25 70 (59.3)
25–<30 23 (19.5)
≥30 25 (21.2)

Age at menarche (years)
Median (IQR) 12.3 (12.0, 13.0)

Parity, N(%)
Nulliparous 32 (27.1)
Parous 86 (72.9)

First degree family history of breast cancer, N(%)
No 33 (28.0)
Yes 84 (71.2)
Unknown 1 (0.8)

BRCA mutation status, N(%)b
Negative 22 (18.6)
Positive 25 (21.2)
Unknown 71 (60.2)

Bilateral oophorectomy, N(%)
No 78 (66.1)
Yes 40 (33.9)

Number of drinks per week, N(%)
None 28 (23.7)
<7 73 (61.9)
≥7 17 (14.4)

Smoking status at MRI, N(%)
No 116 (98.3)
Yes 2 (1.7)

Abbreviations: IQR: inter-quartile range.

a

Women were asked to indicate all that apply. ‘Other’ category includes women with a personal history of atypical hyperplasia or LCIS

b

BRCA positive women includes those who were BRCA1 positive (n=14), BRCA2 positive (n=10), and a single carrier with a BRCA1 variant of unknown significance.