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Table 2 Geometric mean (95% confidence interval (CI)) from mixed-effect regression models for each pubertal factor in relation to percent dense breast volume (%DBV)

From: Pubertal timing and breast density in young women: a prospective cohort study

Pubertal characteristic

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Age at thelarche, years

 8.7 to < 9.9

19.56 (15.62–24.48)

18.74 (16.93–20.76)

20.83 (18.42–23.57)

 9.9 to < 10.4

19.36 (14.15–26.48)

19.06 (16.24–22.36)

19.50 (16.36–23.24)

 10.4 to < 11.1

16.27 (12.01–22.05)

18.36 (14.54–23.19)

17.79 (14.15–22.38)

 11.1+

19.90 (12.41–31.91)

18.72 (13.55–25.86)

17.04 (13.28–21.86)

p trend

0.56

0.94

0.04

Age at pubarche, years

 8.6 to < 10.3

22.08 (18.18–26.81)

19.04 (16.9–21.45)

20.84 (18.2–23.86)

 10.3 to < 10.9

17.31 (12.27–24.42)

16.88 (11.9–23.94)

16.97 (12.21–23.57)

 10.9 to < 11.5

16.20 (13.84–18.98)

17.51 (14.91–20.56)

17.73 (14.81–21.23)

 11.5+

19.72 (13.74–28.32)

21.66 (18.25–25.71)

19.47 (17.38–21.83)

p trend

0.87

0.39

0.64

Age at menarche, years

 10 to < 12.2

16.89 (13.04–21.87)

15.96 (13.28–19.19)

17.10 (14.15–20.66)

 12.2 to < 12.8

14.38 (12.03–17.19)

15.39 (11.53–20.54)

16.38 (12.4–21.65)

 12.8 to < 13.4

19.98 (15.19–26.27)

22.90 (20.37–25.75)

21.65 (19.36–24.21)

 13.4+

25.96 (17.03–39.56)

21.76 (16.41–28.86)

20.18 (15.66–25.99)

p trend

0.03

0.01

0.13

Thelarche-to-menarche tempo, years

  < 1.6

13.90 (10.23–18.88)

15.45 (14.08–16.95)

15.55 (13.85–17.47)

 1.6 to < 2.3

19.91 (16.02–24.76)

18.88 (16.17–22.04)

19.49 (16.89–22.5)

 2.3 to < 2.9

18.90 (13.14–27.18)

18.47 (15.77–21.62)

18.38 (15.7–21.51)

 2.9+

24.85 (16.51–37.40)

22.55 (17.8–28.56)

21.84 (18.18–26.24)

p trend

0.01

0.004

0.007

Pubarche-to-menarche tempo, years

 < 1.1

14.40 (10.03–20.66)

15.9 (12.23–20.68)

16.23 (12.3–21.41)

 1.1 to < 1.7

17.16 (13.85–21.26)

18.69 (16.16–21.61)

18.40 (16.82–20.14)

 1.7 to < 2.6

16.68 (11.20–24.85)

17.85 (13.7–23.25)

17.87 (13.88–23.02)

 2.6+

29.09 (25.22–33.56)

22.80 (20.25–25.68)

22.66 (20.79–24.7)

p trend

< 0.001

0.06

0.06

  1. Model 1 is unadjusted
  2. Model 2 adjusts for the following variables as fixed effects: adult covariates, including parity (nulliparous vs parous), duration of hormone use (years, continuous), education (some college or less (reference), bachelor degree, graduate degree), race (white vs. non-white), smoking status (never vs ever), whole-body percent fat measured by DXA (%, continuous), and height (continuous). Clinic included as a random effect
  3. Model 3 adjusts for the same factors in model 2, and in addition, BMI at 8–10 years of age expressed as a z-score relative to CDC 2000 Growth Charts (continuous)