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Table 4 Associations of hormone, RANK pathway gene expression with categories of volumetric percent density

From: Hormone and receptor activator of NF-κB (RANK) pathway gene expression in plasma and mammographic breast density in postmenopausal women

 

VPD < 3.5% N = 52

VPD ≥ 3.5 and < 7.5% N = 234

VPD ≥ 7.5 and < 15.5% N = 68

VPD ≥ 15.5% N = 14

Linear fold change (confidence interval), p value

    

PRL

Ref

1.03 (0.93–1.13)

1.08 (0.93–1.24)

0.93 (0.76–1.14)

  

p = 0.57

p = 0.31

p = 0.48

ESR1

Ref

0.99 (0.88–1.12)

1.00 (0.85–1.18)

1.28 (0.99–1.64)

  

p = 0.88

p = 1.00

p = 0.06

PGR

Ref

1.01 (0.81–1.27)

1.12 (0.84–1.51)

1.41 (0.90–2.23)

  

p = 0.92

p = 0.44

p = 0.14

STAT1

Ref

1.06 (0.94–1.19)

1.09 (0.94–1.27)

1.00 (0.79–1.27)

  

p = 0.36

p = 0.27

p = 1.00

STAT5

Ref

1.03 (0.96–1.1)

1.01 (0.93–1.10)

0.98 (0.86–1.12)

  

p = 0.38

p = 0.77

p = 0.78

RANK

Ref

1.22 (1.05–1.43)

1.23 (1.01–1.51)

1.45 (1.06–1.99)

  

p = 0.01

p = 0.04

p = 0.02

RANKL

Ref

0.87 (0.65–1.17)

0.99 (0.68–1.45)

1.73 (1.05–2.85)

  

p = 0.37

p = 0.97

p = 0.03

OPG

Ref

1.13 (0.86–1.48)

1.11 (0.78–1.57)

1.86 (1.10–3.14)

  

p = 0.37

p = 0.57

p = 0.02

TNFRSF13B

Ref

0.98 (0.85–1.12)

0.89 (0.74–1.07)

1.31 (0.99–1.74)

  

p = 0.75

p = 0.21

p = 0.06

TNFRSF18

Ref

1.13 (1.06–1.22)

1.11(1.02–1.22)

1.26 (1.09–1.45)

  

p = 0.001

p = 0.02

p = 0.002

  1. VPD volumetric percent density