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Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 177)

From: Adolescent endogenous sex hormones and breast density in early adulthood

Characteristics

N

Mean (SD)

Age at blood collection during adolescence (yrs)

 

 at ≤1 year visit

115

10.2 (0.6)

 at year 3 visit

167

12.1 (0.60)

 at year 5 visit

143

14.2 (0.63)

 at last visita

143

16.6 (0.88)

Age at breast MRI (yrs)

177

27.1 (1.01)

BMI at breast MRI (kg/m2)

177

25.4 (5.38)

Duration of hormonal contraceptive use (yrs)

177

5.2 (3.68)

Age at menarche (yrs)

177

12.9 (1.26)

 

N

Percentage

Race

  

 White

162

91.5 %

 Nonwhite

15

8.5 %

Education

  

 Bachelor's degree

93

52.5 %

 Graduate degree

24

33.9 %

 Other

60

13.6 %

Number of pregnancies

  

 0

126

71.2 %

 ≥1

51

28.8 %

Family history of breast cancer

  

 No

167

96.5 %

 Yes

6

3.5 %

Hormonal contraceptive use

  

 Never

11

6.2 %

 Former

65

36.7 %

 Current

101

57.1 %

Breast density measures

N

Median (IQR)

 Percent dense breast volume (%)

177

24.3 (9.7-41.2)

 Absolute dense breast volume (cm3)

177

50.0 (93.3-140.3)

 Absolute nondense breast volume (cm3)

177

299.2 (157.8-484.9)

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, BMI body mass index, IQR interquartile range
  2. aLast visit for blood collection occurred a median of 7 years after randomization in DISC