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Table 3 Percentage dense volume versus dense volume measures in relation to breast cancer risk (bootstrap analysis results)

From: The effect of volumetric breast density on the risk of screen-detected and interval breast cancers: a cohort study

Total breast cancers

Significance of the difference between coefficients in PDV and DV models

Difference between coefficients in PDV and DV models

95% CI of difference between coefficients in PDV and DV models

 VDG vs VDG-like categories

Non significant

C2: 0.15

(-0.25 ; 0.56)

C3: 0.15

(-0.23 ; 0.52)

C4: -0.11

(-0.51 ; 0.27)

 Quartiles PDV vs DV

Non significant

Q2: 0.16

(-0.24 ; 0.54)

Q3: 0.21

(-0.17 ; 0.57)

Q4: -0.07

(-0.37 ; 0.24)

 Continuous PDV vs DV

Non significant

-0.07

(-0.15 ; 0.01)

Screen-detected cancers

 VDG vs VDG-like categories

Non significant

C2: -0.03

(-0.56 ; 0.46)

C3: -0.17

(-0.64 ; 0.28)

C4: -0.49

(-1.08 ; 0.07)

 Quartiles PDV vs DV

Non significant

Q2: -0.14

(-0.65 ; 0.32)

Q3: -0.14

(-0.62 ; 0.34)

Q3: -0.49

(-0.90 ; -0.12)

 Continuous PDV vs DV

Significant, stronger for DV

-0.13

(-0.24 ; -0.03)

Interval cancers

 VDG vs VDG-like categories

Non significant (except for C2 and C3: stronger for PDV)

C2: 0.73

(0.01 ; 1.56)

C3: 0.92

(0.26 ; 1.68)

C4: 0.58

(-0.06 ; 1.28)

 Quartiles PDV vs DV

Significant, stronger for PDV

Q2: 0.90

(0.21 ; 1.60)

Q3: 1.02

(0.40 ; 1.66)

Q3: 0.77

(0.26 ; 1.34)

 Continuous PDV vs DV

non significant

0.01

(-0.11 ; 0.13)

  1. VDG Volpara density grade, PDV percentage dense volume, DV dense volume
  2. Significant: none of the bootstrap 95% CIs for differences between quartile (Q)2, Q3, or Q4 (or category (C)2, C3, or C4) contain zero, otherwise they were non-significant
  3. Bold text means that the difference between coefficients in PDV an DV models are significant