Research Article
The Application of Gail Model to Predict the Risk of Developing Breast Cancer among Jordanian Women
Table 1
Patients’ characteristics.
| | Characteristics | Number of patients | Mean | Median (range) |
| | Age (years) | All | 1786 | 50.0 | 48.0 (19–93) | | Group I (<35) | 182 | 31.2 | 31.8 (16.1, 34.9) | | Group II (35–59.9) | 1213 | 47.1 | 46.6 (35, 59.9) | | Group III (≥60) | 391 | 67.0 | 65.7 (60, 93.5) |
| | Age at menarche (year) | All | 1243 | 13.2 | 13.0 (9.0, 18.0) | | Group II | 879 | 13.1 | 13.0 (9.0, 18.0) |
| | Age at first live birth (year) | All | 852 | 23.2 | 23.0 (14.0, 41.0) | | Group II | 599 | 23.5 | 23.0 (14.0, 41.0) |
| | Age at menopause (year) | All | 657 | 49.0 | 50 (30.0, 56.0) | | Group II | 385 | 48.0 | 49(30.0, 56.0) |
| | BMI | All | 1648 | 30.3 | 29.7 (16.0, 61.6) | | Group II | 1124 | 30.0 | 29.3 (16.6, 57.9) |
| | Categorical variables: |
| | | All groups (n = 1786) | Group II (35–59.9) |
| | Smoking history | Never | 1629 (91.2%) | 1089 (89%) | | Previous | 70 (3.9%) | 57 (4.7%) | | Current | 87 (4.9%) | 67 (5.5%) |
| | Marital status | Single | 147 (8.2%) | 102 (8.4%) | | Married | 1574 (88.1%) | 1071 (88.3%) | | Unknown | 65 (3.6%) | 40 (3.3%) |
| | History of benign breast biopsies | Yes | 51 (2.9%) | 35 (2.9%) | | No | 1690 (94.6%) | 1149 (94.7%) | | Unknown | 45 (2.5%) | 29 (2.4%) |
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