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Table 1 Characteristics of Premenopausal Women Recruited During Annual Screening Mammogram across Volumetric Percent Density Categoriesa

From: Lipidome of mammographic breast density in premenopausal women

 

Almost entirely fatty < 3.5% (N = 35)

Scattered areas of fibroglandular density 3.5% ~ 7.5% (N = 314)

Heterogeneously dense > 7.5% ~ 15.5% (N = 197)

Extremely dense > 15.5% (N = 154)

Overall (N = 705)

Race

     

White

23 (65.7%)

203 (64.6%)

146 (74.1%)

130 (84.4%)

506 (71.8%)

Black

10 (28.6%)

94 (29.9%)

41 (20.8%)

17 (11.0%)

163 (23.1%)

Other

1 (2.9%)

15 (4.8%)

8 (4.1%)

7 (4.5%)

31 (4.4%)

Missing

1 (2.9%)

2 (0.6%)

2 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

5 (0.7%)

Age, years

     

Mean (SD)

46.2 (5.4)

46.3 (4.4)

46.0 (4.3)

45.2 (4.5)

46.0 (4.5)

Age at Menarche, years

     

Mean (SD)

12.5 (1.6)

12.4 (1.6)

12.8 (1.5)

13.0 (1.6)

12.7 (1.6)

Missing

1 (2.9%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

2 (0.3%)

Body Shape at Age 10

     

1&2

8 (22.9%)

95 (30.3%)

96 (48.7%)

88 (57.1%)

290 (41.1%)

3&4

15 (42.9%)

111 (35.4%)

62 (31.5%)

49 (31.8%)

237 (33.6%)

5

6 (17.1%)

44 (14.0%)

24 (12.2%)

11 (7.1%)

85 (12.1%)

6–9

6 (17.1%)

39 (12.4%)

6 (3.0%)

1 (0.6%)

53 (7.5%)

Missing

0 (0%)

25 (8.0%)

9 (4.6%)

5 (3.2%)

40 (5.7%)

BMI, (kg/m2)

     

Mean (SD)

38.2 (6.8)

34.0 (6.9)

27.2 (4.9)

23.7 (3.7)

30.0 (7.5)

Body Fat, (%)

     

Mean (SD)

49.4 (5.1)

45.6 (6.9)

37.9 (7.3)

31.3 (7.4)

40.4 (9.3)

Missing

4 (11.4%)

14 (4.5%)

3 (1.5%)

4 (2.6%)

25 (3.5%)

Parity and Age at First Birth

     

Nulliparous

7 (20.0%)

67 (21.3%)

43 (21.8%)

43 (27.9%)

162 (23.0%)

1–2 children, < 25 years

6 (17.1%)

65 (20.7%)

24 (12.2%)

11 (7.1%)

107 (15.2%)

1–2 children,25–29 years

3 (8.6%)

44 (14.0%)

36 (18.3%)

27 (17.5%)

111 (15.7%)

1–2 children, ≥ 30 years

11 (31.4%)

53 (16.9%)

49 (24.9%)

43 (27.9%)

156 (22.1%)

 ≥ 3 children, < 25 years

3 (8.6%)

58 (18.5%)

15 (7.6%)

12 (7.8%)

88 (12.5%)

 ≥ 3 children, ≥ 25 years

5 (14.3%)

25 (8.0%)

30 (15.2%)

18 (11.7%)

79 (11.2%)

Missing

0 (0%)

2 (0.6%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (0.3%)

Family History of Breast Cancer

     

No

29 (82.9%)

251 (79.9%)

152 (77.2%)

104 (67.5%)

540 (76.6%)

Yes

5 (14.3%)

57 (18.2%)

44 (22.3%)

46 (29.9%)

152 (21.6%)

Missing

1 (2.9%)

6 (1.9%)

1 (0.5%)

4 (2.6%)

13 (1.8%)

Oral Contraceptive Use, years

     

No

5 (14.3%)

42 (13.4%)

18 (9.1%)

16 (10.4%)

82 (11.6%)

 < 1 year

2 (5.7%)

27 (8.6%)

13 (6.6%)

12 (7.8%)

55 (7.8%)

1–4 years

9 (25.7%)

66 (21.0%)

31 (15.7%)

35 (22.7%)

141 (20.0%)

5–9 years

5 (14.3%)

59 (18.8%)

47 (23.9%)

30 (19.5%)

143 (20.3%)

 > 10 years

14 (40.0%)

119 (37.9%)

87 (44.2%)

60 (39.0%)

281 (39.9%)

Missing

0 (0%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.6%)

3 (0.4%)

Alcohol consumption, /per week

     

0 drinks

13 (37.1%)

107 (34.1%)

51 (25.9%)

39 (25.3%)

211 (29.9%)

 < 1 drink

8 (22.9%)

85 (27.1%)

55 (27.9%)

32 (20.8%)

181 (25.7%)

1–2 drinks

9 (25.7%)

55 (17.5%)

37 (18.8%)

31 (20.1%)

133 (18.9%)

3–5 drinks

4 (11.4%)

46 (14.6%)

39 (19.8%)

37 (24.0%)

127 (18.0%)

6–10 drinks

0 (0%)

18 (5.7%)

12 (6.1%)

12 (7.8%)

43 (6.1%)

 > 10 drinks

1 (2.9%)

3 (1.0%)

3 (1.5%)

2 (1.3%)

9 (1.3%)

Missing

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.6%)

1 (0.1%)

VPD, (%)

     

Mean (SD)

3.15 (0.3)

5.16 (1.1)

10.9 (2.3)

22.6 (6.2)

10.5 (7.6)

DV, (cm3)

     

Mean (SD)

57.7 (20.6)

72.3 (33.5)

81.7 (41.4)

108 (62.2)

82.0 (45.5)

NDV, (cm3)

     

Mean (SD)

1870 (674)

1470 (690)

752 (392)

428 (258)

1060 (717)

  1. a. 5 participants are missing VPD category, categories may not equal overall value
  2. Abbreviations: standard deviation (SD), volumetric percent density (VPD), dense volume (DV), non-dense volume (NDV)