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Table 2 Geometric mean and 95% confidence interval for sex hormone concentrations, separately for placebo and active randomization groups for breast cancer cases and controls from the Women’s Health Initiative CEE + MPA trial

From: Sex hormone associations with breast cancer risk and the mediation of randomized trial postmenopausal hormone therapy effects

 

CEE + MPA trial

 

Placebo

Active treatment

 

Cases

Controls

P-value*

Cases

Controls

P-value*

Estradiol (pg/ml)

      

Baseline

11.97 (4.96, 28.84)

10.05 (4.36, 23.17)

0.001

10.90 (4.83, 24.59)

10.89 (4.19, 28.34)

0.99

Year 1

10.12 (3.56, 28.71)

8.46 (2.86, 25.02)

0.008

22.30 (7.88, 63.06)

20.78 (6.02, 71.72)

0.28

Bioavailable estradiol (pg/ml)

      

Baseline

8.02 (2.89, 22.25)

6.47 (2.49, 16.85)

0.001

7.10 (2.71, 18.60)

7.00 (2.31, 21.16)

0.82

Year 1

6.75 (2.16, 21.06)

5.35 (1.52, 18.76)

0.002

9.95 (3.75, 26.38)

9.98 (3.14, 31.71)

0.96

Estrone (pg/ml)

      

Baseline

41.81 (17.36, 95.94)

35.20 (14.99, 82.68)

0.007

36.95 (16.06, 85.03)

36.37 (15.79, 83.74)

0.74

Year 1

37.68 (13.99, 101.49)

34.39 (13.78, 85.81)

0.14

117.48 (30.97, 445.66)

103.96 (23.00, 469.86)

0.14

Estrone sulfate (ng/ml) baseline

0.84

0.79

0.26

0.82

0.80

0.65

 

(0.37, 1.91)

(0.33, 1.88)

 

(0.33, 2.08)

(0.29, 2.18)

 

Year 1

0.75 (0.34, 1.67)

0.69 (0.30, 1.59)

0.17

1.88 (0.61, 5.81)

1.77 (0.51, 6.14)

0.37

SHBG (Nmol/L)

      

Baseline

36.93 (15.05, 90.63)

41.94 (17.28, 101.80)

0.02

40.49 (14.99, 109.42)

39.81 (14.63, 108.31)

0.76

Year 1

37.37 (14.22, 98.23)

41.86 (16.51, 106.11)

0.06

95.46 (31.96, 285.11)

90.07 (30.96, 262.06)

0.35

  1. Samples are excluded if changes from baseline to year 1 log-transformed concentrations are outside the interquartile range by twice its width.
  2. *P-value from Student’s t-test comparison of case versus control values. CEE, conjugated equine estrogens; MPA, medroxyprogesterone acetate; SHBG, sex hormone binding globulin.