Table 2

Distribution of selected confounders of breast cancer subjects (%) and RDDs of PCE-exposed controls.

Characteristic
Non-Proxy Cases (n = 461)
Non-Proxy Controls (N = 424)
All Cases (n = 672)
All Controls (N = 616)

Age at diagnosis or index years




          1–49 years
19.7 (91)
20.6 (87)
16.5 (111)
16.7 (103)
          50–59 years
13.7 (63)
17.0 (72)
12.2 (82)
13.6 (84)
          60–69 years
33.0 (152)
31.1 (132)
31.5 (211)
29.9 (184)
          70–79 years
28.8 (133)
25.2 (107)
28.4 (191)
26.0 (160)
          80+ years
4.8 (22)
6.1 (26)
11.4 (77)
13.8 (85)
Age at first birth or stillbirth




          < 30 years
60.6 (279)
65.7 (278)
61.0 (410)
66.8 (411)
          30+ years
13.8 (64)
12.4 (53)
14.5 (97)
12.8 (79)
          Nulliparous
25.6 (118)
21.9 (93)
24.5 (165)
20.4 (126)
Prior breast cancer
5.6 (26)
3.3 (14)
5.4 (36)
4.8 (30)
Family history of breast cancer
24.3 (112)
15.8 (67)
25.6 (172)
15.5 (95)
Occupational exposure to PCE
16.3 (75)
16.0 (68)
15.5 (104)
14.8 (91)

RDD Exposure (for no latency)




          Minimum
---
0.001
---
0.001
          Maximum
---
206.9
---
243.8
          Median
---
2.9
---
2.5
          75th percentile
---
11.9
---
12.1
          90th percentile
---
31.0
---
29.2

Vieira et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2005 4:3   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-4-3