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Table 1 Patient characteristics in a Swedish cohort of 934 patients diagnosed with breast cancer between 2002-2011

From: Pre- and postoperative alcohol consumption in breast cancer patients: impact on early events

   

Preoperative alcohol consumption during the last week

 
   

Non-consumers

Moderate

High

 
 

Patients included in the survival analyses

Missing

0 drinks/week

1-3 drinks/week

4-9 drinks/week

10+ drinks/week

 
 

n = 934

 

300 (32.1%)

369 (39.5%)

232 (24.8%)

33 (3.5%)

 
 

Median

 

Median

Median

Median

Median

 
 

(IQR) or %

 

(IQR) or %

(IQR) or %

(IQR) or %

(IQR) or %

 

Age at diagnosis, yrs

60.6 (52.1-67.6)

0

63.2 (52.8-70.6)

60.9 (52.5-67.7)

59.6 (51.1-65.7)

58.4 (52.9-67.1)

 

Weight, kgs

69.0 (62.0-78.0)

18

70.0 (60.8-79.1)

68.0 (62.1-78.4)

69.0 (61.0-76.0)

73.0 (60.5-80.0)

 

Height, m

1.65 (1.62-1.70)

18

1.64 (1.60-1.68)

1.66 (1.62-1.70)

1.67 (1.63-1.70)

1.68 (1.64-1.75)

 

BMI, kgs/m 2

24.9 (22.5-28.2)

20

25.8 (23.0-29.3)

24.9 (22.7-28.4)

24.8 (21.9-27.4)

24.4 (22.0-28.4)

 

Waist-Hip Ratio

0.85 (0.80-0.90)

28

0.87 (0.81-0.91)

0.85 (0.80-0.89)

0.85 (0.80-0.90)

0.83 (0.79-0.89)

 

Total breast volume in patients without previous breast surgery, mL

1000 (650-1550)

138

1000 (700-1580)

1000 (625-1450)

950 (644-1600)

1000 (600-1650)

 

Age at menarche, yrs

13.0 (12.0-14.0)

4

13.0 (13.5-14.0)

13.0 (12.0-14.0)

13.0 (12.0-14.0)

13.0 (12.3-14.0)

 

Parous, %

87.6

1

86.3

87.8

90.1

81.8

 

Age at first full term pregnancy, yrs

25.0 (22.0-28.0)

122

24.0 (20.0-28.0)

25.0 (22.0-28.0)

25.0 (22.5-28.0)

26.0 (23.0-27.0)

 

Ever use of oral contraceptives, %

71.6

1

63.5

68.8

81.5

84.8

 

Ever use of HRT, %

44.2

2

37.8

48.1

47.0

42.4

 

Current smoker prior to surgery, %

20.9

1

17.4

19.8

23.7

33.3

 

Preoperative daily coffee consumption >2cups/day

81.9

4

77.3

82.2

81.9

93.9

 

Antidepressants, %

10.6

5

15.0

6.0

11.3

9.1

 

Preoperative use of Complementary alternative medicine

23.5

9

22.5

19.9

24.5

40.6

 

Reported frequency of preoperative alcohol consumption

 

6

    

rs = 0.70 (P < 0.0001)

Never

95 (10.2)

 

95 (31.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

≤ 1 time/month

243 (26.2)

 

148 (49.7)

76 (20.7)

19 (8.3)

0 (0.0)

 

2-4 times/month

363 (39.1)

 

49 (16.4)

224 (61.0)

85 (37.0)

5 (15.2)

 

2-3 times/week

174 (18.8)

 

4 (1.3)

66 (18.0)

89 (38.7)

15 (45.5)

 

4+ times/week

53 (5.7)

 

2 (0.7)

1 (0.3)

37 (16.1)

13 (39.4)