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Table 1 Distribution of 19 cohorts in the PBCCG (N = 783,830, breast cancer cases = 9,618)

From: Development and validation of a risk prediction model for premenopausal breast cancer in 19 cohorts

Cohort

Acronym

N (%)

Cases (%)

Europe

 BCN Generations Study

BGS

61,303 (7.8%)

458 (4.8%)

 Etude Epidemiologique aupres de femmes de la Mutuelle Generale de L'Education Nationale

E3 N

58,360 (7.5%)

1081 (11.2%)

 European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

EPIC

89,464 (11.4%)

921 (9.6%)

 The HUNT2 Study

HUNT2

16,955 (2.2%)

44 (0.5%)

 Norwegian Women and Cancer Study

NOWAC

76,001 (9.7%)

427 (4.4%)

 Swedish Mammography Cohort

SMC

26,329 (3.4%)

157 (1.6%)

 The Swedish Women’s Lifestyle and Health Study

SWLHS

47,371 (6.0%)

243 (2.5%)

North America (United States)

 California Teachers Study

CTS

46,251 (5.9%)

628 (6.5%)

 Campaign against Cancer and Heart Disease

CLUEII

4,099 (0.5%)

47 (0.5%)

 Mayo Mammography Health Study

MMHS

5,017 (0.6%)

53 (0.6%)

 Nurses'Health Study

NHS

95,012 (12.1%)

1937 (20.1%)

 Nurses'Health Study II

NHSII

115,623 (14.8%)

2397 (24.9%)

 NYU Women's Health Study

NYUWHS

6,688 (0.9%)

197 (2.0%)

 The Sister Study

SIS

16,877 (2.2%)

374 (3.9%)

 Southern Community Cohort Study

SCCS

14,126 (1.8%)

55 (0.6%)

 US Radiologic Technologists Cohort

USRTC

52,559 (6.7%)

412 (4.3%)

Asia

 Shanghai Women's Health Study

SWHS

33,707 (4.3%)

85 (0.9%)

 Singapore Chinese Health Study

SCHS

9,989 (1.3%)

38 (0.4%)

Australia

 Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

MCCS

8,099 (1.0%)

64 (0.7%)

Total

 

783,830

9,618