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Table 2 Prenatal Factors in Carolina Breast Cancer Study (CBCS) Analytic Datasets

From: Birthweight, parental age, birth order and breast cancer risk in African-American and white women: a population-based case–control study

 

CBCS

Analytic subgroups

 

CBCS, full dataset

CBCS, born 1948+

Maternal age dataset

Birthweight dataset

 

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Number

861

790

366

316

280

237

196

167

Age at selection/diagnosis (years)

   Mean ± SD

50.26 ± 11.93

51.83 ± 11.65

39.59 ± 5.29

40.65 ± 4.72

39.19 ± 5.43

40.68 ± 4.63

38.39 ± 5.29

39.95 ± 4.32

   Median

48

49

41

42

40

42

39

41

   Range

23–74

21–74

23–48

21–47

23–48

26–47

23–47

26–47

Birthplace

   NC born

583

(67.7)

550

(69.6)

235

(64.2)

207

(65.5)

220

(78.6)

198

(83.5)

196

(100.0)

167

(100.0)

   US born (outside NC)

261

(30.3)

218

(27.6)

121

(33.1)

98

(31.0)

60

(21.4)

39

(16.5)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

   Non-US born

17

(2.0)

22

(2.8)

10

(2.7)

11

(3.5)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

Prenatal factors

   Birthweight

Lower tertile

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

73

(37.2)

57

(34.1)

Central tertile

            

70

(35.7)

54

(32.3)

Upper tertile

            

53

(27.0)

56

(33.5)

Mean ± SD

            

3210.7 ± 526.1

3262.5 ± 550.3

   Maternal age (years)

15–18

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

31

(11.1)

31

(13.1)

21

(10.7)

22

(13.3)

19–22

        

51

(18.2)

80

(33.8)

34

(17.3)

53

(31.9)

23–27

        

87

(31.1)

49

(20.7)

60

(30.6)

38

(22.9)

28–44

        

111

(39.6)

77

(32.5)

81

(41.3)

53

(31.9)

Mean ± SD

        

26.46 ± 6.48

25.18 ± 6.66

26.63 ± 6.46)

25.34 ± 6.82

   Paternal age (years)

15–22

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

39

(14.7)

35

(16.1)

26

(14.1)

21

(14.0)

23–27

        

73

(27.5)

69

(31.8)

47

(25.4)

50

(33.3)

28–34

        

87

(32.8)

67

(30.9)

66

(35.7)

49

(32.7)

35–56

        

66

(24.9)

46

(21.2)

46

(24.9)

30

(20.0)

Mean ± SD

        

29.97 ± 7.10

29.54 ± 7.46

30.24 ± 7.06)

29.71 ± 7.48

   Birth order (self-report)

First

297

(34.8)

268

(34.1)

117

(32.3)

108

(34.3)

88

(31.5)

80

(33.9)

56

(28.6)

53

(31.9)

Second-fourth

406

(47.5)

377

(48.0)

194

(53.6)

158

(50.2)

149

(53.4)

115

(48.7)

107

(54.6)

81

(48.8)

Fifth or higher

151

(17.7)

140

(17.8)

51

(14.1)

49

(15.6)

42

(15.1)

41

(17.4)

33

(16.8)

32

(19.3)

Mean ± SD

2.86 ± 2.30

2.87 ± 2.32

2.76 ± 2.12

2.74 ± 2.15

2.83 ± 2.22

2.84 ± 2.25

2.95 ± 2.22

3.01 ± 2.35

  1. NA, not available