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Table 3 Hazard ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) of dying from breast cancer according to birth length and ponderal index.

From: Birth length and weight as predictors of breast cancer prognosis

 

A

B

C

 

N = 329

N = 293

N = 246

Birth length

   

1st quintile (< 48 cm)

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

2-4th quintiles (48-52 cm)

1.07 (0.61, 1.86)

1.15 (0.64, 2.08)

1.21 (0.61, 2.39)

5th quintile (> 52 cm)

1.84 (1.03, 3.28)

1.88 (1.03, 3.45)

2.17 (1.06, 4.45)

Ponderal index

   

1st quintile

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

1.0 (reference)

2-4th quintiles

0.93 (0.54, 1.61)

0.82 (0.47, 1.43)

0.95 (0.50, 1.83)

5th quintile

0.80 (0.39, 1.65)

0.65 (0. 30, 1.38)

0.91 (0.38, 2.20)

  1. Estimates adjusted for place of birth and year of diagnosis (A), with additional adjustment for lymph node status (B) and tumour diameter (C).