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Table 2 Association between mammographic breast density and bone mineral density stratified by recent hormone therapy use

From: Positive association between mammographic breast density and bone mineral density in the Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions Study

Sample

Total hip BMD (g/cm2)

Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)

 

β, mean (SEM)

P

β, mean (SEM)

P

Not recent hormone users (n = 417)

0.156 (0.076)

0.04

0.099 (0.056)

0.08

Recent hormone users (n = 173)

-0.073 (0.110)

0.51

-0.065 (0.083)

0.44

  1. Mammographic density was expressed as the percentage of the breast composed of dense tissue by using a semi-quantitative method [21]. The outcome of linear regression models was percentage mammographic density. Models were adjusted for body mass index (kg/m2, continuous), age (continuous), and current smoker (versus former or never smoker). Recent hormone users were defined as women who had stopped taking hormone therapy for PEPI.
  2. BMD, bone mineral density; PEPI, Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions Study.
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Breast Cancer Research

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