Table 1

Number of subjects and mean density by diagnostic category

Diagnostic category
Number of subjects
Mean (SD) percent density

No cancer
9,737
33.1 (20.6)
Cancer at 1996 screen
82
42.9 (17.8)
Interval cancer < 1 year
7
50.3 (28.1)
Interval cancer 2 to 3 years
42
34.2 (22.0)
Cancer at subsequent screen
96
34.5 (21.2)
Cancer thereafter
84
42.4 (24.3)

Total
10,048
33.3 (20.7)

SD, standard deviation.

Duffy et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R64   doi:10.1186/bcr2123