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Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 3 Univariate linear regression analysis of the association of p14/ARF methylation percentage with breast cancer risk factors

From: Determinants of p14/ARF methylation in healthy females: association with reproductive and non-reproductive risk factors of breast cancer

Parameter

Regression coefficient β

Standard error

t test

p

Constant

− 75.13

43.14

− 0.175

0.088

Age

1.46

0.65

2.24

0.029

BMI

− 0.397

0.597

− 0.66

0.512

Age at menarche

0.083

0.255

0.326

0.745

Number of children

− 0.249

1.21

− 0.206

0.838

Age at first childbirth

− 3.05

1.84

− 1.66

0.104

Parity

0.542

0.86

0.62

0.54

Breastfeeding duration

− 0.973

0.726

− 1.34

0.187

Family history

0.288

0.674

− 0.427

0.671

Menopausal state

8.42

0.755

1.11

0.270

  1. Univariate linear regression was used to demonstrate the independent effect of risk factors (expressed as categorical values) on the p14/ARF methylation percentage (dependent factor) with the enter method. P value is significant if less than 0.05
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