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Table 4 Associations between pill-yearsa of NSAID use and breast cancer by menopause 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

P for test of homogeneity of trends

 

Premenopausal women

Postmenopausal women

 

Use of any NSAIDs, py

    

0.091

 <0.75

431

1. (Ref.)

576

1. (Ref.)

 

 0.75- < 14

91

0.84 (0.67–1.05)

220

1.07 (0.92–1.25)

 

 14- < 49

113

1.03 (0.83–1.27)

329

1.05 (0.91–1.20

 

 ≥ 49

60

0.66 (0.50–0.87)

298

0.95 (0.82–1.09)

 

 P for trend

 

0.025

 

0.641

 

Aspirin, py

    

0.038

 <0.75

606

1. (Ref.)

883

1. (Ref.)

 

 0.75- < 14

35

0.81 (0.58–1.14)

156

1.21 (1.02–1.44)

 

 14- < 49

40

0.91 (0.66–1.25)

226

1.00 (0.86–1.16)

 

 ≥ 49

14

0.57 (0.33–0.98)

158

1.03 (0.87–1.23)

 

 P for trend

 

0.038

 

0.654

 

COXibsb, py

    

0.200

 <0.75

659

1. (Ref.)

1245

1. (Ref.)

 

 0.75- < 21

27

0.88 (0.60–1.30

112

1.09 (0.90–1.32)

 

 ≥ 21

9

0.62 (0.32–1.22)

66

0.91 (0.71–1.17)

 

 P for trend

 

0.141

 

0.812

 

Non-aspirin, non-COXib NSAIDs, py

    

0.508

 <0.75

497

1. (Ref.)

973

1. (Ref.)

 

 0.75- < 14

78

0.93 (0.73–1.18)

170

1.00 (0.85–1.18)

 

 14- < 49

79

1.04 (0.82–1.33)

162

1.00 (0.85–1.19)

 

 ≥ 49

41

0.73 (0.53–1.01)

118

0.87 (0.72–1.06)

 

 P for trend

 

0.182

 

0.314

 
  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), time since the last mammogram (<1 year; 1- < 2 years; or ≥ 2 years) and age at 1st term birth (<24y; 24–29y; ≥ 30y; or nulliparous)