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Table 3 Subgroup analysis of the association between EL and breast cancer risk

From: Association of education level with the risk of female breast cancer: a prospective cohort study

Variable

EL

B

SE

WALD

P

HR(95%CI)

Age (years)

  < 50

medium

0.023

0.716

0.001

0.974

1.02(0.25–4.17)

high

0.357

0.762

0.219

0.640

1.43(0.32–6.37)

  ≥ 50

medium

0.968

0.421

5.288

0.022

2.63(1.15–6.01)

high

1.344

0.534

6.348

0.012

3.84(1.35–10.92)

BMI(kg/m2)

  < 28

medium

0.736

0.421

3.057

0.080

2.08(0.92–4.76)

high

0.716

0.478

2.248

0.134

2.05(0.80–5.22)

  ≥ 28

medium

1.037

0.725

2.045

0.153

2.82(0.68–11.69)

high

1.808

0.848

4.549

0.033

6.10(1.16–32.11)

Physical activities

 Occasionally

medium

0.850

0.418

4.133

0.042

2.34(1.03–5.31)

high

0.995

0.470

4.474

0.034

2.70(1.08–6.80)

 Frequently

medium

0.800

0.740

1.169

0.280

2.23(0.52–9.49)

high

0.571

1.019

0.314

0.575

1.77(0.24–13.04)

Hypertension

 No

medium

0.841

0.587

2.052

0.152

2.32(0.73–7.32)

high

0.807

0.637

1.605

0.205

2.24(0.64–7.82)

 Yes

medium

0.779

0.465

2.806

0.094

2.18(0.88–5.43)

high

1.385

0.577

5.758

0.016

3.99(1.29–12.39)

  1. EL Education level
  2. Compared with the low El group respectively
  3. Adjusted for age, smoking status, alcohol consumption, BMI, physical activity, salt intake, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus