Table 6 |
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Mutually-adjusted differences in mammographic density measures across education and Townsend categories |
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SES Variable |
Percent density1 |
P-value2 |
Dense area3 |
P-value2 |
Lucent area4 |
P-value2 |
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Minimally-adjusted5 |
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Level of education |
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Higher |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Further |
-6.3 (-11.3,-0.7) |
0.02 |
-6.3 (-11.9,-0.0) |
0.11 |
15.0 (-0.7,32.0) |
0.01 |
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None/GCSE |
-5.9 (-10.2,-1.1) |
-4.4 (-9.4,1.0) |
17.2 (3.5,31.8) |
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Townsend Score6 |
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Q5 (affluent) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Q4 |
-2.0 (-7.2,3.8) |
-1.7 (-7.5,4.7) |
6.4 (-7.9,21.9) |
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Q3 |
-2.4 (-8.0,3.9) |
0.38 |
-1.4 (-7.8,5.6) |
0.96 |
7.7 (-8.0,24.8) |
0.04 |
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Q2 |
-0.7 (-7.9,7.5) |
3.3 (-5.1,12.8) |
14.7 (-5.6,37.1) |
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Q1 (deprived) |
-5.1 (-13.5,5.1) |
-2.8 (-12.6,8.8) |
24.4 (-2.8,55.3) |
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BMI-adjusted7 |
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Highest education level |
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Higher |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Further |
-4.4 (-8.9,0.6) |
0.06 |
-4.9 (-10.5,1.2) |
0.25 |
7.9 (-4.0,20.6) |
0.05 |
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None/GCSE |
-4.0 (-7.9,0.2) |
-3.2 (-8.1,2.2) |
10.4 (0.1,21.3) |
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Townsend score6 |
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Q5 (affluent) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Q4 |
-0.9 (-5.5,4.0) |
-0.9 (-6.6,5.2) |
2.9 (-8.1,14.6) |
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Q3 |
0.2 (-4.9,5.8) |
0.51 |
0.4 (-5.9,7.3) |
0.34 |
-1.0 (-12.7,11.6) |
0.73 |
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Q2 |
3.2 (-3.5,10.5) |
5.8 (-2.6,15.2) |
2.9 (-12.0,19.2) |
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Q1 (deprived) |
0.5 (-7.7,10.0) |
1.1 (-9.2,12.9) |
5.0 (-14.7,26.9) |
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1 For a reference value of 30% 2 P-value for linear trend in mammographic values across categories of a given SES variable 3 For a reference value of 35 cm2 4 For a reference value of 90 cm2 5 Adjusted for age at mammography and mammographic view 6 Q1 to Q5 refer to England and Wales general population fifths of Townsend scores at LSOA level 7 Additionally adjusted for BMI |
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Aitken et al. BMC Cancer 2010 10:35 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-10-35 |
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