Table 1: Distribution of potential risk factors, prognostic and predictive factors in ever and never use of oral contraceptives.

 

 

Oral Contraceptives

 

 

 

 

Ever

Never

Significance

Missing

 

Total: 765

400

364

 

N = 1

 

 

Column percent (median, range and n(cases) in italics)

 

Age at breast cancer diagnosis

 

 

 

 

 

Median

 

61 (45-81)

66 (48-84)

< 0.001a

0

Stratified age groups

 

 

 

 

 

40-55

56-70

71-

 

21.5 (86)

66.8 (267)

11.8 (47)

8.2 (30)

56.0 (204)

35.7 (130)

-

-

-

0

0

0

BMI

 

 

 

 

 

Median

 

24.38

25.46

< 0.001a

0

Socioeconomic status

 

 

 

 

 

Civil servant

Worker

Businessman

 

67.1

27.6

5.3

52.8

41.9

5.3

< 0.001b

10

Size of tumor

 

 

 

 

 

Median

 

15 (1-171)

15 (1-231)

0.66a

27

Lymph glandular involvement

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

No

 

33.5

66.5

32.5

67.5

0.78b

93

Grade

 

 

 

 

 

I

II

III

 

28.1

43.7

28.1

26.8

52.6

20.6

0.03b

74

PgR

 

 

 

 

 

High

Low

 

43.8

56.2

52.5

47.5

0.04b

223

ER

 

 

 

 

 

High

Low

 

86.2

13.8

87.6

12.4

0.60b

150

HER2

 

 

 

 

 

Moderate/Strong

Negative/Weak

 

33.9

66.1

27.6

72.4

0.11b

213

P27

 

 

 

 

 

High

Low

 

67.7

 32.3

69.2

30.8

0.69b

166

Ki67

 

 

 

 

 

High

Low

 

31.2

68.8

29.6

70.4

0.69b

187

 

aMann Whitney U test

bPearson Chi square test