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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics by birth cohort, LIBCSP, 1996-1997

From: Exposure to fogger trucks and breast cancer incidence in the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project: a case–control study

  

Birth cohortsa

  

<1925

1925-1945

1946-1972

  

N = 465

N = 1,587

N = 1,008

  

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

Cases

Controls

  

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age at reference

<35

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

39 (8.4)

41 (7.5)

 

35-44

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

181 (39.1)

245 (45.0)

 

45-54

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

154 (19.7)

164 (20.3)

243 (52.5)

259 (47.5)

 

55-64

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

372 (47.7)

403 (49.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

65-74

111 (41.9)

70 (35.0)

254 (32.6)

240 (29.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

75-84

134 (50.6)

112 (56.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

85+

20 (7.5)

18 (9.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Household Income

<20,000

95 (36.0)

63 (31.7)

74 (9.5)

77 (9.6)

19 (4.1)

28 (5.1)

 

20,000-34,999

112 (42.4)

82 (41.2)

195 (25.1)

193 (23.9)

36 (7.8)

62 (11.4)

 

35,000-49,999

28 (10.6)

23 (11.6)

159 (20.5)

157 (19.5)

56 (12.1)

83 (15.2)

 

50,000-69,999

16 (6.1)

14 (7.0)

121 (15.6)

154 (19.1)

115 (24.8)

120 (22.0)

 

70,000-89,000

7 (2.7)

7 (3.5)

91 (11.7)

105 (13.0)

92 (19.9)

96 (17.6)

 

>90,000

6 (2.3)

10 (5.0)

137 (17.6)

120 (14.9)

145 (31.3)

156 (28.6)

Body Mass Index at referent

<18.5

<5b (1.5)

9 (1.1)

8 (1.0)

9 (1.1)

15 (3.2)

9 (1.7)

 

18.5-24.9

99 (38.2)

337 (42.4)

282 (36.7)

337 (42.4)

262 (56.6)

285 (53.1)

 

25.0-29.9

97 (37.5)

248 (31.2)

270 (35.1)

248 (31.2)

116 (25.1)

144 (26.8)

 

>30

59 (22.8)

201 (25.3)

209 (27.2)

201 (25.3)

70 (15.1)

99 (18.4)

Lactation

Never

173 (65.3)

114 (57.0)

571 (73.2)

569 (70.5)

284 (61.3)

316 (58.0)

 

Ever

92 (34.7)

86 (43.0)

209 (26.8)

238 (29.5)

179 (38.7)

229 (42.0)

Menopausal Status

Pre-

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

75 (9.8)

56 (7.2)

397 (88.0)

443 (87.5)

 

Post-

265 (100.0)

200 (100.0)

687 (90.2)

727 (92.8)

54 (12.0)

63 (12.5)

  1. a Participants born after 1972 (n<5, all controls) were not displayed for confidentiality purposes.
  2. b Cell is defined as <5 for confidentiality purposes.