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Table 3 Multivariable adjusteda HR and 95% CI for mortality risk associated with wine, beer, or liquor consumption from age 15 years until breast cancer diagnosis

From: Pre-diagnosis alcohol consumption and mortality risk among black women and white women with invasive breast cancer

 

Person-years

Breast cancer-specific mortality

Mortality due to causes other than breast cancer

All-cause mortality

No. Death

HR (95% CI)

No. Death

HR (95% CI)

No. Death

HR (95% CI)

Non-drinkers

14,468

382

Referent

87

Referent

469

Referent

Wine, average drinks/week

  < 1

9353

191

0.97 (0.78–1.19)

43

0.83 (0.56–1.23)

234

0.92 (0.77–1.11)

 1–< 3

5106

80

0.78 (0.60–1.03)

30

1.04 (0.67–1.61)

110

0.83 (0.66–1.04)

  ≥ 3

2560

35

0.76 (0.53–1.11)

9

0.58 (0.29–1.20)

44

0.73 (0.53–1.01)

 Ptrend

  

0.06

 

0.27

 

0.04

Beer, average drinks/week

  < 1

7652

143

0.82 (0.66–1.02)

47

1.37 (0.93–2.02)

190

0.91 (0.75–1.10)

 1–< 3

3706

71

0.94 (0.72–1.23)

29

1.24 (0.79–1.95)

100

0.99 (0.79–1.25)

  ≥ 3

2471

57

0.79 (0.59–1.07)

17

0.73 (0.42–1.27)

74

0.77 (0.59–1.00)

 Ptrend

  

0.24

 

0.19

 

0.08

Liquor, average drinks/week

  < 1

10,978

218

1.09 (0.88–1.34)

54

0.99 (0.67–1.46)

272

1.08 (0.90–1.30)

 1–< 3

4330

84

0.97 (0.74–1.27)

35

1.17 (0.75–1.82)

119

1.03 (0.82–1.30)

  ≥ 3

2572

54

0.99 (0.72–1.37)

25

1.07 (0.65–1.74)

79

1.04 (0.80–1.35)

 Ptrend

  

0.74

 

0.14

 

0.98

  1. Abbreviations: HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aAll models are stratified by age at diagnosis, and include study site, race, education, household income, number of mammograms within the 5 years before breast cancer diagnosis, body mass index 5-years before diagnosis, number of comorbidities before breast cancer diagnosis, smoking history, stage, estrogen receptor status, histologic type of breast cancer tumor, and consumption of other types of alcohol using categories of drinks/week (wine adjusted for beer and liquor, beer adjusted for wine and liquor, liquor adjusted for beer and wine)