Table 2.

Correlations of body size and mammographic measures

	Cases					Controls
		Height	Weight	BMI	Height	Weight	BMI
All subjects (n = 2,228)
Percent density	0.04	−0.38^###	−0.41^###	0.04	−0.38^###	−0.41^###
Dense area	0.05	−0.01	−0.04	0.06^#	−0.06^#	−0.10^##
Non–dense area	0.02	0.60^###	0.61^###	−0.004	0.57^###	0.59^###
Total area	0.05	0.58^###	0.58^###	0.02	0.55^###	0.56^###
Premenopausal (n = 549)
Percent density	0.03	−0.41^###	−0.46^###	−0.03	−0.49^###	−0.50^###
Dense area	0.07	0.08	0.05	0.03	−0.11	−0.13^#
Non–dense area	0.04	0.62^###	0.65^###	0.08	0.69^###	0.70^###
Total area	0.06	0.57^###	0.58^###	0.09	0.65^###	0.65^###
Postmenopausal (n = 1,679)
Percent density	0.06	−0.35^###	−0.39^###	0.06	−0.34^###	−0.38^###
Dense area	0.06	−0.02	−0.05	0.08	−0.04	−0.08^#
Non–dense area	0.01	0.59^###	0.60^###	−0.03	0.54^###	0.56^###
Total area	0.03	0.58^###	0.57^###	−0.003	0.52^###	0.53^###

NOTE: P values for correlation coefficients are indicated by superscript symbols: ^#, P < 0.05; ^##, P < 0.01; and ^###, P < 0.0001; the others are nonsignificant.