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Table 2 Characteristics of NHS/NHSII and MMHS study population

From: A genome-wide association study of mammographic texture variation

 

NHS/NHSII (n = 4831)

Mean (SD)

MMHS (n = 2209)

Mean (SD)

Age (years)

53.8 (9.2)

58.9 (11.9)

BMI (kg/m2)

25.9 (5.3)

28.0 (6.2)

Dense area

43.4 (29.3)

23.8 (17.0)

Non-dense area

109.3 (73.7)

130 (67.1)

Percent density

32.8 (19.7)

17.9 (12.9)

  1. NHS Nurses’ Health Study, MMHS Mayo Mammography Health Study, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index