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Table 2 Medical history of participants in case and control groups

From: The relationship between diet quality indices and odds of breast cancer in women: a case–control study

 

Groups, N (%)

Case (n = 253)

Control (n = 267)

P valuea

Family history of breast cancer (yes)

14(5.5)

12(4.5)

0.594

Family history of cancer (yes)

68(26.9)

55(20.7)

0.097

Benign breast diseases history (yes)

20(7.9)

14(5.3)

0.224

Menopausal status (postmenopausal)

115(45.5)

114(42.7)

0.527

Inflammatory disease history (yes)

32(12.6)

35(13.2)

0.863

Comorbidity (yes)

93(36.8)

99(37.4)

0.888

Night bra use (yes)

190(75.1)

190(71.4)

0.345

Recent special diet history (yes)

54(21.3)

61(23)

0.647

Vitamin D supplement (yes)

37(14.6)

65(24.3)

0.005

Herbal drug use (yes)

68(26.9)

72(27.1)

0.961

Iron supplement (yes)

41(16.2)

45(16.9)

0.842

Multivitamin mineral (yes)

14(5.9)

19(7.9)

0.385

Ever use of OCP (yes)

126(49.8)

149(56)

0.156

Anti-inflammatory drugs use (yes)

26(10.3)

47(17.7)

0.015

  1. A significance level of 0.05 was considered (Pvalue < 0.05)
  2. Abbreviations: OCP Oral Contraceptive Pill
  3. aObtained from independent sample T-Test