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Table 2 Breast measures for mothers and daughters

From: A comparison of breast density measures between mothers and adolescent daughters

DXA measures

Mothers

Daughters

ra

pvalue

All mother-daughter pairs

N

101b

113

  

Total area (cm2)

92.0 ± 38.9

43.2 ± 26.4

0.30

<0.01

Total volume (cm3)

820.3 ± 494.1

346.7 ± 285.3

0.28

<0.01

FGV (cm3)

272.5 ± 107.6

196.4 ± 119.9

0.28

<0.01

%FGV

38.9 ± 14.1

64.7 ± 19.4

0.01

0.96

Mothers and daughters in Tanner stages 4&5 only

N

54b

58

  

Total area (cm2)

101.2 ± 41.4

58.7 ± 26.7

0.45

<0.001

Total volume (cm3)

908.5 ± 529.3

493.1 ± .317.0

0.38

<0.01

FGV (cm3)

297.7 ± 114.8

273.0 ± 111.5

0.56

<0.0001

%FGV

37.9 ± 12.8

64.6 ± 20.0

-0.03

0.84

  1. aPearson's correlation coefficient; total area, total volume and FGV are log-transformed and %FGV is square root-transformed in both mothers and daughters.
  2. bMothers with two daughters were included twice.