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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of breast cases and controls

From: The role of the fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) in breast cancer risk

 

Cases N = 354

n (%)

Controls N = 364

n (%)

p-value

Age (yr): median (range)

50 (24-83)

47 (19-87)

0.60

Race

   

   Caucasian

250 (72.5)

263 (72.3)

-

   Black

56 (16.2)

59 (16.3)

0.99

   Asian

19 (5.5)

26 (7.1)

0.34

   Hispanic

13 (3.8)

9 (2.7)

0.40

   Other

7 (2.0)

6 (1.6)

0.71

Weight (lbs): median (range)

155 (96-317)

157 (93-435)

0.03

Height (in): median (range)

65 (59-71)

65 (52-73)

0.66

BMI (kg/m 2 ): median (range)

26.07 (17.61-51.43)

26.07 (16.91-79.61)

0.04

Tumor grade

   

   1

52 (14.7)

  

   2

132 (37.3)

  

   3

118 (33.3)

  

Stage at diagnosis

  

-

   I

106 (31.4)

  

   II

140 (41.4)

  

   III/IV

92 (27.2)

  

ER status

  

-

   +

270 (78.9)

  

   -

72 (21.1)

  

PR status

  

-

   +

238 (70.8)

  

   -

98 (29.2)

  

Her2 status

  

-

   +

58 (18.0)

  

   -

264 (82.0)

  

LN status

  

-

   +

176 (53.8)

  

   -

151 (46.2)

  

Family history

  

-

   +

138 (48.1)

  

   -

149 (51.9)

  

Median follow-up (mo)

29

 

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