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Table 5 Lifetime alcohol intake and breast cancer riska in Japanese Americans by hormone-receptor status

From: Alcohol and breast cancer risk among Asian-American women in Los Angeles County

 

Estrogen receptor (ER)

Progesterone receptor (PR)

Estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR)

 

ER+

ER-

DK

PR+

PR-

DK

ER+PR+

ER-PR-

ER+PR-

ER/PR mix

ER/PR DK

Number

380

71

93

297

108

139

287

61

47

57

92

Any alcohol

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Former

1.19

1.56

0.91

1.15

1.64

0.94

1.17

1.98

1.47

0.86

0.92

Current

1.73c

0.66

1.42

1.61c

1.36

1.29

1.68c

0.84

2.76c

0.82

1.55

P (2 df)

0.008

0.62

0.39

0.028

0.21

0.49

0.017

0.88

0.035

0.68

0.27

Years of drinking

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

> 0 to ≤ 10

1.31

1.32

1.37

1.07

2.25

1.20

1.35

1.73

1.20

0.74

1.38

> 10

1.67c

0.71

1.04

1.64

1.26

1.08

1.56c

0.87

3.43c

0.93

1.13

P trend

0.012

0.72

0.75

0.053

0.17

0.68

0.034

0.81

0.02

0.79

0.60

Amount of alcohol per day (g/day)

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

> 0 to ≤ 5.0

1.41

1.12

0.99

1.28

1.61

1.04

1.33

1.38

2.22

1.01

1.03

> 5

1.65

0.84

1.60

1.68

1.26

1.35

1.72

1.12

2.06

0.60

1.70

P trend

0.019

0.90

0.34

0.034

024

0.46

0.023

0.56

0.09

0.53

0.26

  1. E receptor positive (ER+), ER negative (ER-), ER unknown (ER DK); progesterone receptor positive (PR+), PR negative (PR-), PR unknown (PR DK). c95% confidence intervals excluded 1.0.