Table 1

Summary of findings of studies of familial cases and controls

Gene
Familial
Controls
RF
p
RR
p

ATM [1]
12/443 (2.7%)
2/521 (0.8%)
7.1 (1.6–31)
0.003
2.4 (1.5–3.8)
0.0003
BRIP1 [2]
9/1,212 (0.7%)
2/2,081 (0.1%)
7.7 (1.7–36)
0.002
2.0 (1.2–3.2)
0.01
PALB2 [3]
10/923 (1.1%)
0/1,084 (0.0%)
-
0.0004
2.3 (1.4–3.9)
0.0025
PALB2 [4]
3/113 (2.7%)
6/2,501 (0.2%)
11.1 (2.8–44)
0.005
NA

CHEK2 [5]
55/1,071 (5.1%)
18/1,620 (1.1%)
4.6 (2.7–8)
0.00000
1.7 (1.3–2.2)
0.0001

RF represents the relative frequency of mutations in familial cases versus controls. RR represents the estimated effect of carrying a mutation on the average woman from fitting a multiplicative polygenic model. Confidence intervals for RF and RR are shown in parentheses.

Byrnes et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:208   doi:10.1186/bcr2099