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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants used in this study

From: A novel polymorphic repeat in the upstream regulatory region of the estrogen-induced gene EIG121 is not associated with the risk of developing breast or endometrial cancer

Characteristic

Breast cancer (n = 223)

Endometrial cancer (n = 204)

Healthy controls (n = 220)

Sex

All female

All female

All female

Age (at ascertainment; in years)

 Range

N/A

40–92

67–86

 Median

68

73

 Mean (SD)

67.9 (9.5)

73.4 (4.6)

Age (at diagnosis; in years)

 Range

22–57

37–86

N/A

 Median

41

63.5

 Mean (SD)

39.8 (7.3)

63.2 (9.0)

BMI (in kg/m2)a

   

 Range

N/A

16.9–66.6

17.4–47.1

 Median

30.0

27.9

 Mean (SD)

31.3 (7.8)

28.5 (5.3)

 Underweight (BMI < 18.5)

 

n = 1

n = 1

 Normal (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25)

 

n = 37

n = 58

 Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30)

 

n = 56

n = 91

 Obese (BMI ≥ 30)

 

n = 94

n = 70

 Not specified

 

n = 16

n = 0

  1. a BMI body mass index