Table 1

Comparison of age at menarche and reproductive factors between BRCA2-positive cases, BRCA2-negative cases and controls


BRCA2-positive cases (n = 100)
BRCA2-negative cases (n = 361)
Matched controls (n = 1000)




Risk factor
% distribution
Mean
% distribution
Mean
% distribution
Mean

Age at menarche
n = 85 (85%)*

n = 313 (87%)*

n = 860 (86%)*

     < 13 years
25.9
13.2 years
31.3
13.1 years
27.4
13.3 years
     13 years
35.3

29.1

28.9

     > 13 years
38.8

39.6

43.6

Parous
n = 99 (99%)

n = 355 (98%)

n = 991 (99%)

     Yes
89.9

88.2

93.0

     No
10.0

11.8

7.0

Parous women






Age at first birth
n = 85 (96%)

n = 300 (96%)

n = 880 (95%)

     < 20 years
16.5
22.2 years
22.3
23.0 years
25.0
22.3 years
     20–29 years
80.0

69.3

69.6

     > 29 years
3.5

8.3

5.4

Number of births
n = 89 (100%)

n = 313 (100%)

n = 922 (100%)

     1–2
32.6
3.3 births
40.9
3.0 births
39.7
3.2 births
     3–4
46.1

45.7

42.5

     5+
21.3

13.4

17.8

Total duration of breastfeeding
n = 58 (65%)

n = 209 (67%)

n = 640 (69%)

     0 months
1.7
8.5 months
2.9
9.2 months
1.9
9.3 months
     < 1 months
1.7

5.3

6.9

     1–6 months
44.8

37.3

38.4

     7–12 months
29.3

31.1

28.8

     13–24 months
19.0

18.7

17.2

     > 24 months
3.4

4.8

6.9


*Percentages with recorded responses for each item.

Tryggvadottir et al. Breast Cancer Res 2003 5:R121   doi:10.1186/bcr619