Table 2B:  Breast cancer-specific survival in relation to OC use, stratified by age at diagnosis.

 

n

HR crude (95% CI)

d/m

HR adjustedc (95% CI)

d/m

HR adjustedd (95% CI)

d/m

40-55

116

 

18/0

 

18/1

 

16/48

OC never

30

1.00

6/0

1.00

6/0

1.00

6/15

OC ever

86

0.69 (0.26-1.84)

12/0

0.77 (0.28-2.11)

12/1

0.80 (0.20-3.03)

10/33

56-70

471

 

60/1

 

59/6

 

35/223

OC never

204

1.00

28/0

1.00

28/1

1.00

19/96

OC ever

267

0.98 (0.59-1.63)

32/1

0.94 (0.56-1.57)

31/5

0.83 (0.41-1.70)

16/127

71-

177

 

37/0

 

36/3

 

19/80

OC never

130

1.00

33/0

1.00

32/3

1.00

18/59

OC ever

47

0.33 (0.12-0.93)*

4/0

0.35 (0.12-1.01)

4/0

0.17 (0.02-1.40)

1/21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N(number) stands for total cases included in the analysis, d for total deaths and m for missing data.

 

cAdjusted for BMI, and socioeconomic status

d Adjusted for BMI, socioeconomic status, size of tumor, lymphnod einvolvement, grade of tumor (according to Nottingham), PgR, ER, HER2, P27, Ki67.

*Significance. Confidence interval separate from 1.00.