Supplementary Table 3. Selected characteristics of the postmenopausal women included in the replication analysis by study

Population-based studies
CECILE / GENICA / MARIE / MCCS / PBCS / SASBAC
Characteristic / Cases / Controls / Cases / Controls / Cases / Controls / Cases / Controls / Cases / Controls / Cases / Controls
Total number / 520 / 610 / 331 / 304 / 1441 / 1589 / 314 / 384 / 386 / 296 / 386 / 1363
Lobular cases / 78 / - / 58 / - / 211 / - / 46 / - / 76 / - / 101 / -
Reference age
mean / 61.7 / 61.7 / 62.2 / 63.2 / 64.0 / 63.2 / 67.8 / 59.7 / 60.4 / 61.4 / 64.4 / 63.9
standard deviation / 7.2 / 7.3 / 8.4 / 8.7 / 5.5 / 5.6 / 7.1 / 6.2 / 8.5 / 7.5 / 6.8 / 6.4
Current Uuse of any MHT (within six months prior to reference date)
never / 275 (52.9) / 304 (49.8) / 169 (51.0) / 156 (51.3) / 491 (34.1) / 638 (40.2) / 225 (71.7) / 270 (70.3) / 269 (69.7) / 241 (81.4) / 188 (48.7) / 758 (55.6)
former / 159 (30.6) / 223 (36.6) / 75 (22.7) / 59 (19.4) / 309 (21.4) / 390 (24.5) / 21 (6.7) / 40 (10.4) / 66 (17.1) / 35 (11.8) / 50 (13.0) / 169 (12.4)
current / 86 (16.5) / 83 (13.6) / 87 (26.3) / 89 (29.3) / 641 (44.5) / 561 (35.3) / 68 (21.7) / 74 (19.3) / 51 (13.2) / 20 ( 6.8) / 148 (38.3) / 436 (32.0)
Population-based studies / Non-population-based Studies
UKBGS / kConFab/AOCS / MCBCS / OFBCR / pKARMA
Characteristic / Cases / Controls / Cases / Controls / Cases / Controls / Cases / Controls / Cases / Controls
Total number / 258 / 289 / 302 / 648 / 964 / 992 / 772 / 287 / 2015 / 2504
Lobular cases / 41 / - / 12 / - / 0 / - / 65 / - / - / -
Reference age
mean / 62.8 / 60.6 / 48.3 / 63.4 / 63.4 / 62.6 / 56.7 / 57.7 / 62.8 / 60.9
standard deviation / 6.8 / 6.8 / 9.0 / 7.9 / 10.2 / 9.8 / 8.7 / 6.4 / 8.3 / 6.8
Current uUse of any MHT (within six months prior to reference date)
never / 102 (39.5) / 138 (47.8) / 232 (76.8) / 293 (45.2) / 428 (44.4) / 368 (37.1) / 431 (55.8) / 101 (35.2) / 766 (38.0) / 1173 (46.8)
former / 76 (29.5) / 104 (36.0 / 61 (20.2) / 220 (34.0) / 352 (36.5) / 375 (37.8) / 108 (14.0) / 38 (13.2) / 892 (44.3) / 1112 (44.4)
current / 80 (31.0) / 47 (16.3) / 9 (3.0) / 135 (20.8) / 184 (19.1) / 249 (25.1) / 233 (30.2) / 148 (51.6) / 357 (17.7) / 219 (8.8)

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