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Women without mastitis were matched to women with mastitis using propensity score matching based on age, index year, average yearly consultation frequency during the follow-up period, and coexisting diseases such as obesity, benign mammary dysplasia, hypertrophy of the breast, unspecified lump of breast, and other disorders of the breast.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>The 10-year cumulative incidence of breast cancer for the mastitis-cohort and non-mastitis-cohort was studied with Kaplan\u2013Meier curves using the log-rank test. The association between mastitis and breast cancer was studied separately for four age groups with univariable Cox regression analyses.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In the follow-up period of 7\u00a0months to 10\u00a0years after the index date, 2.9% of mastitis patients and 2.4% of matched non-mastitis patients were diagnosed with breast cancer. A Cox regression analysis revealed a significant association between mastitis and subsequent breast cancer (HR: 1.37; 95% CI: 1.11\u20131.70). According to the age-stratified analyses, a strong and significant association was only observed in the age group\u2009&gt;\u200950\u00a0years (HR: 1.73; 95% 1.25\u20132.40).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The findings of our retrospective cohort study support an association between mastitis and subsequent breast cancer diagnoses in women aged\u2009&gt;\u200950\u00a0years. 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