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Table 4 Comparison of selected results including and excluding community controls, Women’s Circle of Health Study, New Jersey, 2006-2012

From: Rethinking sources of representative controls for the conduct of case–control studies in minority populations

 

Cases vs. all controls

Excluding community controls

 

OR1

95% CI

OR1

95% CI

Breastfeeding in parous women (yes vs. no)

0.88

0.66-1.18

0.73

0.49-1.07

Parity (>3 live births vs. none)

0.79

0.52-1.18

0.94

0.54-1.64

Age at first birth (>30 vs ≤30)

0.75

0.49-1.15

0.66

0.39-1.12

Obesity (BMI≥30 vs. BMI<25) [premenopausal women only]

0.86

0.54-1.37

1.17

0.64-2.14

  1. 1Adjusted for age and education.
  2. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; BMI: Body Mass Index in kg/m2.