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Table 2 Imputation of log estradiol using data from the Nurses' Health Study breast cancer nested case-control studya

From: Risk prediction models with incomplete data with application to prediction of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer: prospective data from the Nurses' Health Study

Variable

Beta

Standard error

P value

Intercept

2.241

0.085

 

Case status

0.130

0.048

0.008

Body mass index (postmenopausal)b

0.0033

0.0003

<0.001

Birth indexc

-0.0021

0.0006

<0.001

Duration of natural menopause

-0.015

0.004

<0.001

Duration of menopause after bilateral oophorectomy

-0.013

0.004

0.004

R 2 = 0.219

   
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