Table 5

Association between some potential risk factors of breast cancer by CYP17 genotype among premenopausal women in Germany

Factor

All data

A1/A1

A1/A2 and A2/A2


Cases (n = 527)

Controls (n = 904)

ORa (95% CI)

Cases (n = 180)

Controls (n = 323)

ORa (95% CI)

Cases (n = 347)

Controls (n = 581)

ORa (95% CI)


Age at menarcheb

<13 years

186

323

1.00

68

123

1.00

118

200

1.00

≥13 years

338

580

1.00 (0.80–1.27)

112

199

1.01 (0.67–1.51)

226

381

1.00 (0.75–1.34)

Age at menarche, nulliparous women

<13 years

43

64

1.00

17

24

1.00

26

40

1.00

≥13 years

79

135

0.79 (0.48–1.31)

24

46

0.98 (0.38–2.55)

55

89

0.91 (0.47–1.78)

Age at menarche, parous women

<13 years

143

259

1.00

51

99

1.00

92

160

1.00

≥13 years

259

445

1.11 (0.85–1.45)

88

153

1.08 (0.68–1.72)

171

292

1.09 (0.78–1.53)

Pill usec

Never

85

178

1.00

30

62

1.00

55

116

1.00

Ever

442

724

1.23 (0.91–1.66)

150

260

1.22 (0.72–2.09)

292

464

1.24 (0.86–1.79)

Pill use, nulliparous women

Never

25

48

1.00

10

23

1.00

15

25

1.00

Ever

99

150

1.64 (0.87–3.08)

31

46

2.60 (0.81–8.43)

68

104

1.35 (0.59–3.10)

Pill use, parous women

Never

60

130

1.00

20

39

1.00

40

91

1.00

Ever

343

574

1.26 (0.89–1.80)

119

214

1.10 (0.58–2.09)

224

360

1.35 (0.88–2.05)

Age at first full-term preganancyd

<25 years

215

352

1.00

69

125

1.00

146

227

1.00

≥25 years

188

353

0.86 (0.66–1.14)

70

128

0.98 (0.60–1.59)

118

225

0.79 (0.56–1.11)

Breastfeeding statusd

Never

116

187

1.00

43

65

1.00

73

122

1.00

Ever

287

518

0.90 (0.68–1.20)

96

188

0.70 (0.43–1.16)

191

330

1.02 (0.71–1.46)

Total months of breastfeeding among parous ever breastfed women

1–12

253

416

1.00

86

156

1.00

167

260

1.00

>12

34

102

0.56 (0.36–0.87)

10

32

0.69 (0.30–1.60)

24

70

0.53 (0.31–0.90)


aMultivariate adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Adjusted for alcohol consumption (0, 1 to 18, >18 g/day); current body mass index as continuous variable; educational level (low, middle, high); family history of breast cancer in first-degree relative (no, yes); parity (0, 1 to 2 births, 3+ births), and other variables in the table where appropriate. bThree cases and one control had missing data. cTwo controls had missing data. dLimited to parous women.

Verla-Tebit et al. Breast Cancer Research 2005 7:R455   doi:10.1186/bcr1027

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