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Table 1 Distribution of demographic, mammographic screening, and childhood anthropometric data for 13,572 women

From: Birth weight, childhood body mass index, and height in relation to mammographic density and breast cancer: a register-based cohort study

 

Number of subjects

Total N = 13,572

Mammographic density

Breast cancer

   

Mixed/dense breasts n = 8,194

Fatty breasts n = 5,378

Breast cancer casesn = 716

No breast cancer n = 12,856

N (%) born 1930-1934

 

2,765 (20.4)

1,255 (15.3)

1,510 (28.1)

153 (21.4)

2,612 (20.3)

N (%) born 1935-1939

 

3,484 (25.7)

1,834 (22.4)

1,650 (30.7)

234 (32.7)

3,259 (25.3)

N (%) born 1940-1944

 

4,035 (29.7)

2,594 (31.7)

1,441 (26.8)

213 (29.7)

3,822 (29.7)

N (%) born 1945-1949

 

3,288 (24.2)

2,511 (30.6)

777 (14.4)

116 (16.2)

3,172 (24.7)

Mean (SD) age at screening (years)

13,572

54.6 (3.4)

54.1 (3.1)

55.3 (3.5)

  

N (%) with fatty breast

 

5,378 (39.6)

0

5,378 (100)

175 (24.4)

5,203 (40.5)

N (%) with mixed/dense breast

 

8,194 (60.4)

8,194 (100)

0

541 (75.5)

7,653 (59.5)

Mean (SD) birth weight (g)

8.271

3,330 (543)

3,324 (538)

3,340 (554)

3,302 (554)

3,331 (543)

Mean (SD) BMI at age 7 (kg/m2)

12.640

15.4 (1.3)

15.2 (1.2)

15.6 (1.5)

15.2 (1.3)

15.4 (1.3)

Mean (SD) BMI at age 8 (kg/m2)

12.887

15.8 (1.5)

15.6 (1.4)

16.0 (1.6)

15.7 (1.3)

15.8 (1.5)

Mean (SD) BMI at age 9 (kg/m2)

12.968

16.2 (1.6)

16.0 (1.5)

16.5 (1.7)

16.1 (1.5)

16.2 (1.6)

Mean (SD) BMI at age 10 (kg/m2)

13.014

16.7 (1.8)

16.4 (1.6)

17.1 (2.0)

16.5 (1.7)

16.7 (1.8)

Mean (SD) BMI at age 11 (kg/m2)

13.045

17.1 (2.0)

16.8 (1.8)

17.6 (2.1)

17.0 (1.9)

17.1 (2.0)

Mean (SD) BMI at age 12 (kg/m2)

13.050

17.8 (2.1)

17.4 (1.9)

18.3 (2.3)

17.6 (2.0)

17.8 (2.1)

Mean (SD) BMI at age 13 (kg/m2)

13.002

18.6 (2.3)

18.2 (2.1)

19.3 (2.5)

18.5 (2.1)

18.6 (2.3)

Mean (SD) Height at age 7 (cm)

12.636

120.2 (5.4)

120.3 (5.4)

119.9 (5.4)

120.3 (5.4)

120.2 (5.4)

Mean (SD) Height at age 8 (cm)

12.882

125.3 (5.7)

125.4 (5.6)

125.1 (5.7)

125.4 (5.5)

125.3 (5.7)

Mean (SD) Height at age 9 (cm)

12.963

130.4 (5.9)

130.5 (5.9)

130.2 (5.9)

130.6 (5.7)

130.3 (5.9)

Mean (SD) Height at age 10 (cm)

13.011

135.4 (6.2)

135.5 (6.2)

135.3 (6.2)

135.7 (6.0)

135.4 (6.2)

Mean (SD) Height at age 11 (cm)

13.039

140.8 (6.7)

140.9 (6.7)

140.7 (6.7)

141.1 (6.6)

140.8 (6.7)

Mean (SD) Height at age 12 (cm)

13.044

146.9 (7.4)

146.9 (7.4)

146.8 (7.4)

147.4 (7.3)

146.9 (7.4)

Mean (SD) Height at age 13 (cm)

12.991

153.1 (7.4)

153.2 (7.4)

152.8 (7.4)

153.5 (7.2)

153.1 (7.4)

  1. SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index.