Research Article
Breast Density and Breast Cancer Incidence in the Lebanese Population: Results from a Retrospective Multicenter Study
Table 3
Proportion of females in each age category for our study and the previous studies of Checka et al., Stomper et al., and Titus-Ernstoff et al.
| Age category (years) | Current study | Checka et al. [19] | Stomper et al. [20] | Titus-Ernstoff et al. [21] | | | | | | | | |
| <40 | 123 | 11.7% | 249 | 3.8% | 351 | 26.0% | 16,739 | 12.5% | 40–49 | 351 | 33.5% | 1,675 | 25.5% | 250 | 18.5% | 38,384 | 28.7% | 50–59 | 292 | 27.8% | 2,192 | 33.2% | 251 | 18.5% | 35,134 | 26.3% | 60–69 | 174 | 16.6% | 1,639 | 24.8% | 251 | 18.5% | 30,127 | 22.5% | 70–79 | 109 | 10.4% | 840 | 12.7% | 250 | 18.5% | 133,88 | 10.0% |
| Total | 1,049 | 100% | 6,595 | 100% | 1,353 | 100% | 133,772 | 100% |
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