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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between the healthy lifestyle index score and breast cancer by menopausal status and ethnicity

From: Healthy lifestyle and risk of breast cancer for indigenous and non-indigenous women in New Zealand: a case control study

Healthy lifestyle index score

Māori

Non-Māori

 
 

Case %

Control %

OR

95% CI

Case %

Control %

OR

95% CI

P (Ethnic interaction)

Premenopausal

n = 41

n = 296

  

n = 279

n = 371

   

T1 (unhealthy score)

46.3

42.2

1.00

Reference

40.9

39.1

1.00

Reference

 

T2

34.2

29.4

1.03

(0.47 to 2.26)

27.6

32.6

0.85

(0.58 to 1.25)

 

T3 (healthy score)

19.5

28.4

0.69

(0.27 to 1.74)

31.5

28.3

1.23

(0.83 to 1.83)

0.389

P (trend)

  

0.487

   

0.371

  

Per score unit increase

  

0.91

(0.69 to 1.20)

  

1.07

(0.94 to 1.23)

 

Postmenopausal

n = 85

n = 354

  

n = 688

n = 1097

   

T1 (unhealthy score)

50.6

41.8

1.00

Reference

49.7

45.1

1.00

Reference

 

T2

34.1

29.4

0.99

(0.56 to 1.73)

28.5

29.1

0.97

(0.77 to 1.22)

 

T3 (healthy score)

15.3

28.8

0.47

(0.23 to 0.94)

21.8

25.8

0.86

(0.67 to 1.11)

0.212

P (trend)

  

0.054

   

0.262

  

Per score unit increase

  

0.86

(0.70 to 1.05)

  

0.97

(0.90 to 1.05)

 

P (Menopausal interaction)

  

0.683

   

0.173

  
  1. Adjusted for covariates: parity, age at menarche, history of maternal breast cancer, oral contraceptive use, HRT use, diabetes, SEP, and age.