Skip to main content

Table 1 The distribution of women in the control group (n = 2167) and patients with breast cancer (n = 1492) according to the factors including age, education, body mass index (BMI), smoking and alcohol intake.

From: Breast cancer risk factors in Turkish women – a University Hospital based nested case control study

Factors

women in the control group

(n = 2167)

patients with breast cancer (n = 1492)

Age (years)

  

≥ 35

<35

1625 (75.0%)

541 (25.0%)

1410 (94.5%)

82 (5.5%)

35–39

253 (11.7%)

120 (8.2%)

40–49

636 (29.3%)

410 (27.5%)

50

737 (34.0%)

880 (58.8%)

Education (years)

  

<13

1110 (51.2%)

891 (59.7%)

≥ 13

1057 (48.8%)

601 (40.3%)

Body mass index (BMI-kg/m 2 )

  

<25

971 (44.8%)

534 (35.8%)

≥ 25

1196 (55.2%)

958 (64.2%)

Smoking

  

Never

1517 (70.0%)

1141 (76.5%)

Ever

650 (30.0%)

351 (23.5%)

Alcohol intake

  

Never

2166 (99.99%)

1489 (99.98%)

Ever

1 (0.01%)

3 (0.02%)

Family history of breast cancer [first-degree relative(s)]

  

No

2059 (95.0%)

1384 (92.8%)

Yes

108 (5.0%)

108 (7.2%)