Research Article

Factors Associated with Longitudinal Changes in Mammographic Density in a Multiethnic Breast Screening Cohort of Postmenopausal Women

Table 4

Multivariate adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals of exhibiting an increase or decrease in the BI-RADS density category.

IncreaseDecrease
OR (95% CI) valueOR (95% CI) value

Age at baseline1.00 (0.984–1.017)0.990.993 (0.977–1.009)0.40
Hispanic0.84 (0.576–1.225)0.360.778 (0.547–1.105)0.16
Non-Hispanic Asian1.723 (1.212–2.449)0.0020.575 (0.400–0.826)0.003
Non-Hispanic other/unknown1.275 (0.713–2.281)0.410.708 (0.346–1.450)0.35
Menopause age 55 years and older0.79 (0.506–1.232)0.300.608 (0.377–0.979)0.041
Overweight0.754 (0.544–1.045)0.091.352 (0.988–1.849)0.059
Obese0.438 (0.292–0.655)<0.0011.688 (1.155–2.468)0.007