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Table 2 Early pregnancy endogenous hormones and breast cancer risk: Northern Sweden Maternity Cohort

From: Early pregnancy sex steroids during primiparous pregnancies and maternal breast cancer: a nested case–control study in the Northern Sweden Maternity Cohort

  

Tertile

p trend

1

2

3

Estradiol

 All women

Cases/controls

68/137

70/134

82/133

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.06 (0.69–1.63)

1.29 (0.80–2.07)

0.15

 ER+/PR+

Cases/controls

47/98

54/94

51/90

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.16 (0.69–1.93)

1.11 (0.62–1.97)

0.60

Free estradiol

 All women

Cases/controls

67/127

78/126

65/121

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.14 (0.74–1.75)

0.95 (0.59–1.54)

0.86

 ER+/PR+

Cases/controls

48/90

54/83

41/85

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.13 (0.68–1.90)

0.81 (0.45–1.44)

0.72

Estrone

 All women

Cases/controls

63/138

81/137

78/135

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.27 (0.85–1.91)

1.25 (0.79–1.97)

0.45

 ER+/PR+

Cases/controls

47/97

60/96

47/93

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.25 (0.77–2.02)

0.96 (0.55–1.65)

0.79

Testosterone

 All women

Cases/controls

30/137

77/136

84/134

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.29 (0.84–1.96)

1.46 (0.96–2.21)

0.04

 ER+/PR+

Cases/controls

36/99

57/95

60/89

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.69 (1.00–2.86)

1.94 (1.16–3.25)

0.01

Free testosterone

 All women

Cases/controls

73/128

57/127

81/122

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

0.81 (0.52–1.25)

1.16 (0.73–1.83)

0.47

 ER+/PR+

Cases/controls

44/97

41/79

59/84

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.23 (0.72–2.12)

1.68 (0.96–2.94)

0.04

Progesterone

 All women

Cases/controls

74/138

80/134

67/134

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.10 (0.72–1.68)

0.89 (0.56–1.40)

0.77

 ER+/PR+

Cases/controls

55/84

55/99

43/99

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

0.75 (0.44–1.27)

0.55 (0.31–0.99)

0.05

SHBG

 All women

Cases/controls

59/128

67/127

86/129

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.21 (0.78–1.87)

1.68 (1.05–2.70)

0.13

 ER+/PR+

Cases/controls

44/85

46/83

55/96

 

OR (95% CI)

Reference

1.08 (0.64–1.83)

1.18 (0.67–2.08)

0.70

  1. Conditional logistic regression controlling for gestational age at blood collection (continuous)
  2. CI confidence interval, ER estrogen receptor, OR odds ratio, PR progesterone receptor, SHBG sex hormone binding globulin