Association of VEGF haplotypes with breast cancer risk in North-West Indians

BMC Medical Genomics

Table 1 Characteristics of Breast cancer patients and healthy controls

Variable	Patients n	%	Controls n	%
Total No. of subjects	250		250
Sex
Males	7	2.8	7	2.8
Females	243	97.2	243	97.2
Age at diagnosis (years)
≤ 40	66	26.4	66	26.4
> 40	184	73.6	184	73.6
Mean age	49.38 ± 11.87		49.34 ± 11.85
Range	25–85		25–85
Habitat
Rural	186	74.4	186	74.4
Urban	64	25.6	64	25.6
Diet
Vegetarian	147	58.8	154	61.6
Non vegetarian	103	41.2	96	38.4
Obesity
Non obese	62	24.8	70	28.0
Obese	188	75.2	180	72.0
Menstrual status
Premenopausal	114	46.91	150	61.73
Postmenopausal	129	53.09	93	38.27
Mean age at menarche	14.74 ± 1.78		14.75 ± 1.47
Mean age at first child birth	22.70 ± 4.08		22.45 ± 3.43
Breastfeeding
Yes	215	88.48	224	92.18
No	28	11.52	19	7.82
Oral Contraceptives
Yes	21	8.64	16	6.58
No	222	91.36	227	93.42

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