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Table 3 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 trial

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

 

CEE trial

 

Placebo

Active treatment

 

Cases

Controls

P-value*

Cases

Controls

P-value*

Estradiol (pg/ml)

      

Baseline

12.36 (5.59, 27.38)

10.56 (4.36, 25.57)

0.01

12.72 (3.88, 41.67)

10.43 (4.30, 25.32)

0.01

Year 1

10.31 (3.55, 29.94)

9.37 (3.64, 24.14)

0.21

26.47 (7.89, 88.76)

23.96 (6.77, 84.84)

0.27

Bioavailable estradiol (pg/ml)

      

Baseline

8.53 (3.41, 21.33)

6.76 (2.59, 17.65)

0.001

8.74 (2.53, 30.20)

6.54 (2.27, 18.84)

0.001

Year 1

6.99 (2.29, 21.28)

6.05 (2.21, 16.57)

0.08

12.33 (3.66, 41.57)

10.21 (3.26, 32.02)

0.03

Estrone (pg/ml)

      

Baseline

41.05 (17.54, 96.08)

36.23 (15.48, 84.79)

0.05

41.25 (16.66, 102.15)

36.44 (15.66, 84.80)

0.05

Year 1

38.54 (14.68, 101.17)

33.70 (12.06, 94.13)

0.08

124.39 (31.09, 497.59)

134.65 (30.72, 590.11)

0.44

Estrone sulfate (ng/ml)

      

Baseline

0.86 (0.41, 1.81)

0.77 (0.33, 1.79)

0.07

0.80 (0.29, 2.20)

0.77 (0.35, 1.69)

0.59

Year 1

0.76 (0.51, 1.49)

0.62 (0.43, 1.49)

0.001

1.68 (0.65, 6.84)

1.70 (0.69, 7.06)

0.94

SHBG (Nmol/L)

      

Baseline

34.11 (14.47, 80.39)

39.99 (15.30, 104.52)

0.02

34.05 (13.11, 88.43)

42.79 (15.19, 120.50)

0.002

Year 1

34.54 (15.30, 77.95)

40.86 (15.73, 106.12)

0.01

82.34 (24.57, 276.00)

99.61 (28.47, 348.54)

0.03

  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; SHBG, sex hormone binding globulin.