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Table 1 Distribution of demographics in women with a history of benign breast disease and no history of benign breast disease, EDMD

From: Benign breast disease and changes in mammographic breast density

Characteristic

BBD (n = 119)

N (%)

No BBD (n = 557)

N (%)

Age at interview, median (range)

44.3 (40.2–47.7)

44.2 (39.2–49.2)

Age at BBD diagnosis, median (range)

32.0 (12.0–44.0)

N/A

Time between BBD diagnosis and first mammogram in years, median (range)

9.4 (1.1–27.6)

N/A

Age at first mammogram, median (range)

41.3 (30.1–46.7)

40.8 (24.7–47.6)

Time between first and last mammogram in years, median (range)

3.3 (1.0–16.6)

3.7 (1.0–19.8)

Race/ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic White

92 (77.3%)

435 (78.4%)

 Non-Hispanic African American

12 (10.1%)

72 (13.0%)

 Hispanic

9 (7.6%)

28 (5.1%)

 Other

6 (5.0%)

20 (3.6%)

Family history of breast cancer

 Yes

18 (15.1%)

70 (12.6%)

 No

101 (84.9%)

487 (87.4%)

Menopausal status at interview

 Premenopausal

81 (69.2%)

379 (69.0%)

 Perimenopausal

21 (18.0%)

96 (17.5%)

 Postmenopausal

15 (12.8%)

74 (13.5%)

BMI in 30s (mean ± std)

23.5 ± 5.3

25.0 ± 5.6

Age at menarche (mean ± std)

13.0 ± 1.7

12.7 ± 1.6

Parity

 Nulliparous

37 (31.6%)

110 (19.8%)

 Parous

80 (68.4%)

446 (80.2%)

Among parous women only:

 Age at first birth (mean ± std)

26.9 ± 5.3

27.6 ± 5.7

 Age at last birth (mean ± std)

31.0 ± 5.7

31.9 ± 5.5

Breastfeeding

 Never

16 (20.0%)

101 (22.7%)

 Ever

64 (80.0%)

344 (77.3%)