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Table 3 Associations between pill-yearsa of NSAID use and invasive breast cancer by estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2 status, the Sister Study (2003–2013)

From: Lifetime use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and breast cancer risk: results from a prospective study of women with a sister with breast cancer

 

No. Cases

HR (95 % CI)c

No. Cases

HR (95 % CI)c

No. Cases

HR (95 % CI)c

 

ER+/PR+/HER2-

ER+/PR+/HER2+

ER-/PR-/HER2-

Use of any NSAIDs, py

 <0.75

467

1. (Ref.)

64

1. (Ref.)

56

1. (Ref.)

 0.75- < 14

156

1.05 (0.88–1.27)

15

0.72 (0.41–1.26)

26

1.40 (0.87–2.24)

 14- < 49

194

0.94 (0.79–1.11)

28

0.96 (0.61–1.51)

28

1.20 (0.76–1.90)

 ≥ 49

171

0.85 (0.7–1.01)

25

0.87 (0.54–1.4)

26

1.22 (0.75–1.97)

 P for trend

 

0.073

 

0.624

 

0.374

Aspirin, py

 <0.75

682

1. (Ref.)

97

1. (Ref.)

95

1. (Ref.)

 0.75- < 14

102

1.25 (1.01–1.54)

8

0.68 (0.33–1.41)

17

1.07 (0.57–2.01)

 14- < 49

118

0.89 (0.73–1.09)

16

0.85 (0.5–1.47)

22

1.43 (0.88–2.3)

 ≥ 49

86

0.97 (0.77–1.22)

11

0.9 (0.47–1.7)

11

1.15 (0.61–2.19)

 P for trend

 

0.569

 

0.501

 

0.261

COXibsb, py

 <0.75

890

1. (Ref.)

118

1. (Ref.)

122

1. (Ref.)

 0.75- < 21

67

1.06 (0.83–1.36)

8

0.92 (0.45–1.89)

11

1.36 (0.73–2.53)

 ≥ 21

31

0.74 (0.51–1.06)

6

1.02 (0.44–2.33)

6

1.16 (0.51–2.66)

 P for trend

 

0.238

 

0.942

 

0.44

Non-aspirin, non-COXib NSAIDs, py

 <0.75

703

1. (Ref.)

89

1. (Ref.)

93

1. (Ref.)

 0.75- < 14

112

0.93 (0.76–1.13)

19

1.17 (0.71–1.93)

21

1.25 (0.77–2.03)

 14- < 49

96

0.84 (0.68–1.05)

14

0.9 (0.51–1.59)

14

0.93 (0.53–1.63)

 ≥ 49

77

0.83 (0.65–1.05)

10

0.77 (0.4–1.5)

11

0.94 (0.44–1.77)

 P for trend

 

0.039

 

0.503

 

0.892

  1. aOne pill-year is equivalent to taking 1 pill per week for 1 year
  2. bSelective COX-2 inhibitors such as celecoxib, rofecoxib or valdecoxib
  3. cAdjusted for race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white; black; Hispanic; or others), level of education (high school graduate or less; some colleges or associate degree; or college degree or higher), history of benign proliferative breast disease (fibrocystic/benign changes; fibroadenoma; proliferative changes; or ductal/lobular hyperplasia), number of 1st degree family members with breast cancer (1; 2; or ≥ 3), BMI (<18.5; 18.5–24.9; 25–29.9; 30–34.9; 35–39.9; or ≥ 40 kg/m2), age at 1st term birth (<24y; 24–29y; ≥ 30y; or nulliparous), time since the last mammogram (<1 year; 1- < 2 years; or ≥ 2 years) and menopause status at diagnosis