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. 2024 Jan 23;26:16. doi: 10.1186/s13058-024-01765-1

Table 1.

Associations of weighted polygenic risk score comprised of known breast cancer susceptibility SNPs with contralateral breast cancer risk

PRS CBCs No. (%) UBCs No. (%) RRa 95% CIa Pa
Without proxies, 239 SNPs
Continuous weighted PRS 1017 (100) 1466 (100) 1.46 1.25–1.71  < 0.0001
Weighted PRS per Standard Deviation 1017 (100) 1466 (100) 1.25 1.14–1.36  < 0.0001
Median of weighted PRS
Below median 415 (40.8) 733 (50) Ref Ref
Above median 602 (59.2) 733 (50) 1.42 1.19–1.69 0.0001
Quartile of weighted PRS
Quartile 1 192 (18.9) 366 (25) Ref Ref Ref
Quartile 2 223 (21.9) 367 (25) 1.03 0.79–1.33 0.85
Quartile 3 260 (25.6) 366 (25) 1.27 0.99–1.63 0.06
Quartile 4 342 (33.6) 367 (25) 1.61 1.25–2.07 0.0002
With proxies, 257 SNPs
Continuous weighted PRS 1017 (100) 1466 (100) 1.39 1.19–1.61  < 0.0001
Weighted PRS per standard deviation 1017 (100) 1466 (100) 1.22 1.11–1.33  < 0.0001
Median of weighted PRS
Below median 416 (40.9) 733 (50) Ref Ref
Above median 601 (59.1) 733 (50) 1.41 1.19–1.68 0.0001
Quartile of weighted PRS
Quartile 1 211 (20.7) 367 (25) Ref Ref
Quartile 2 205 (20.2) 366 (25) 0.87 0.67–1.12 0.28
Quartile 3 256 (25.2) 367 (25) 1.14 0.89–1.46 0.32
Quartile 4 345 (33.9) 366 (25) 1.50 1.18–1.92 0.001

Non-Hispanic white women only, WECARE I and WECARE II Studies combined

CBC, contralateral breast cancer; CI, confidence interval; No., number; PRS, polygenic risk score; RR, rate ratio; UBC, unilateral breast cancer

aAdjusted for the top five principal components, age at first breast cancer diagnosis, age at menarche, age at menopause, number of full-term pregnancies, stage of first breast cancer, histology of first breast cancer, family history of breast cancer, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy