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Table 1 Breast density of 9716 breast cancer patients categorized by age

From: The relationship between breast density, age, and mammographic lesion type among Chinese breast cancer patients from a large clinical dataset

Age (years)

Breast density of 9716 breast cancer patients categorized by agea

No. of patients

Breast tissue density

Predominantly fat

Scattered fibroglandular

Heterogeneously dense

Extremely dense

19–24

13

0 (0.00%)

2 (15.38%)

5 (38.46%)

6 (46.15%)

25–29

109

0 (0.00%)

16 (14.68%)

64 (58.72%)

29 (26.61%)

30–34

262

5 (1.91%)

43 (16.41%)

161 (61.45%)

53 (20.23%)

35–39

511

8 (1.57%)

88 (17.22%)

355 (69.47%)

60 (11.74%)

40–44

1039

13 (1.25%)

183 (17.61%)

741 (71.32%)

102 (9.82%)

45–49

1383

32 (2.31%)

285 (20.61%)

988 (71.44%)

78 (5.64%)

50–54

1575

100 (6.35%)

494 (31.37%)

935 (59.37%)

46 (2.92%)

55–59

1720

232 (13.49%)

749 (43.55%)

725 (42.15%)

14 (0.81%)

60–64

1422

327 (23.00%)

666 (46.84%)

424 (29.82%)

5 (0.35%)

65–69

782

281 (35.93%)

328 (41.94%)

171 (21.87%)

2 (0.26%)

70–74

474

201 (42.41%)

192 (40.51%)

80 (16.88%)

1 (0.21%)

75–79

313

159 (50.80%)

119 (38.02%)

35 (11.18%)

0 (0.00%)

80–84

91

43 (47.25%)

42 (46.15%)

5 (5.49%)

1 (1.10%)

85–89

21

12 (57.14%)

6 (28.57%)

3 (14.29%)

0 (0.00%)

90–94

1

1 (100.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

All ages

9716

1,414 (14.55%)

3213 (33.07%)

4692 (48.29)

397 (4.09)

  1. Numbers within parentheses are percentages
  2. aChi-square test for difference in proportions: (χ2 = 1857.01, p < 0.05)