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Evaluation of Functional Genetic Variants for Breast Cancer Risk: Results From the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study.
- Source :
- American Journal of Epidemiology; May2011, Vol. 173 Issue 10, p1159-1170, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- In previous studies among 1,144 cases and 1,256 controls recruited in stage 1 of the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study (SBCS I; 1996–1998), 18 known or potentially functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 16 genes were found to be associated with breast cancer risk. The authors evaluated these associations among 1,918 cases and 1,819 controls recruited in stage 2 of the SBCS (SBCS II; 2002–2005) using genetic effect models and subgroup analyses predetermined from SBCS I results. Five SNPs (AHR rs2066853, ATM rs1003623, ESR1 rs2234693, GSTP1 rs1695, and SHBG rs6259) showed generally consistent results in SBCS I and SBCS II and statistically significant associations with breast cancer risk in combined analyses, mostly in subgroups defined by age or menopausal status. Further, the relation between breast cancer risk and SHBG rs6259 was found to vary by body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)2) (P for interaction = 0.003). The strongest reduction in risk associated with SHBG rs6259 was found for lean (body mass index <23) postmenopausal minor allele carriers (odds ratio = 0.6, 95% confidence interval: 0.5, 0.8; P = 4.6 × 10−4). This biologically plausible and highly significant finding provides strong evidence for a true association among Asian women. This study also highlights the value of gene-environment interaction analyses in evaluating genetic factors for complex diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- BREAST tumors
CHINESE women
AGE distribution
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
REPORTING of diseases
EPIDEMIOLOGY
GENES
GENETIC polymorphisms
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
DATA analysis
SECONDARY analysis
STATISTICAL significance
BODY mass index
CASE-control method
POSTMENOPAUSE
GENETICS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00029262
- Volume :
- 173
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 60422996
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwr004