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Table 1 Group characteristics for cases versus controls

From: Mammographic density and structural features can individually and jointly contribute to breast cancer risk assessment in mammography screening: a case–control study

 

Casesa (n = 121)

Controls (n = 259)

 

Mean

95 % Cl

Mean

95 % Cl

P-valueb

Age

57.9

57.0–58.8

58.2

57.5–58.9

0.016

BI-RADS

2.44

2.24–2.64

1.98

1.86–2.10

<0.001

MTR

0.541

0.535–0.547

0.526

0.522–0.530

<0.001

  1. Highest score of left or right breast for BI-RADS and MTR (MTR breast score: average of CC and MLO)
  2. aDCIS 9.1 % and invasive cancer 90.9 %
  3. bStatistics: Linear mixed model for matched pairs
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BMC Cancer

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