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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for women with screening breast MRI

From: Comparison of false positive rates for screening breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in high risk women performed on stacked versus alternating schedules

Characteristic

N (%)

Demographics

137

Age (mean/range)

45.8 (27 – 77)

White

135 (98.5%)

Premenopausal

108 (78.8%)

Postmenopausal

29 (21.2%)

Reason for screening*

 

Family history

120 (87.6%)

BRCA positive

25 (18.2%)

Biopsy with atypia or lobular neoplasia

18 (13.1%)

Prior chest irradiation

2 (1.5%)

  1. *Note that individual women could have multiple reasons for screening.