Table 1 Characteristics of patients with invasive breast cancer according to recent alcohol consumption in the NHS and the NHSII
| Â | Recent alcohol consumption, g/day | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | 0 | > 0 to < 10 | 10+ | |||
|  | N = 206 | N = 267 | N = 126 | |||
| Â | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Age at diagnosis, years | 61.6 | 9.6 | 59.9 | 9.0 | 62.3 | 9.8 |
BMI at diagnosis, kg/m2 | 27.3 | 5.7 | 25.7 | 4.6 | 24.5 | 4.3 |
Parity | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
Cumulative average alcohola, g/day | 0.8 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 19.4 | 12.0 |
Recent alcohol, g/day | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 22.9 | 16.0 |
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % |
First-degree family history | 38 | 18.4 | 45 | 16.9 | 13 | 10.3 |
Menopausal at diagnosis | ||||||
 Premenopausal | 32 | 15.5 | 56 | 21.0 | 15 | 11.9 |
 Postmenopausal | 169 | 82.0 | 203 | 76.0 | 108 | 85.7 |
 Unknown | 5 | 2.4 | 8 | 3.0 | 3 | 2.4 |
Current MHT useb | 86 | 52.4 | 117 | 60.0 | 46 | 43.8 |
Year of diagnosis | ||||||
 1990‒1999 | 122 | 59.2 | 157 | 58.8 | 66 | 52.4 |
 2000‒2004 | 66 | 32.0 | 90 | 33.7 | 52 | 41.3 |
 2005‒2009 | 18 | 8.7 | 20 | 7.5 | 8 | 6.3 |