Clinical Study

Mammographic Breast Density Patterns in Asymptomatic Mexican Women

Table 5

Distribution of mammographic diagnostics (BI-RADS) according to breast densities patterns.

BI-RADSDensity patternTotal
FatFibroglandularHeterogeneously denseDense

BI-RADS 00007 (26.9%)7
BI-RADS 148 (28.2%)29 (33.3%)01 (3.8%)78
BI-RADS 2116 (68.2%)51 (58.6%)13 (76.5%)10 (38.4%)190
BI-RADS 3
# carcinomas
4 (2.4%)5 (5.7%)
1*
1 (5.8%) 6 (23%)16
BI-RADS 4
# carcinomas
2 (1.2%)2 (2.3%)
2*
2 (11.7%)
2*
2 (7.6%)
2*
8
BI-RADS 5
# carcinomas
1 (5.8%)
1*
1

Total170 (56.6%)87 (29%)17 (5.7%)26 (8.7%)300

Number of carcinomas.