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. 2024 Mar 15;14:6324. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-55976-9

Table 3.

Predictive performance of PRS for breast cancer risk.

Characteristics Comparison Univariate Multivariate
OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Overall (n = 6335)
 PRS subgroup High versus low 1.85 (1.25, 2.71) 0.002 1.86 (1.25, 2.75) 0.002
 Age at mammography Years 0.99 (0.96, 1.01) 0.356 1.03 (0.99, 1.07) 0.116
 Family history of BC Yes versus no 1.36 (0.72, 2.36) 0.299 1.44 (0.76, 2.52) 0.226
 Previous pregnancy Yes versus no 1.04 (0.61, 1.91) 0.893 1.14 (0.65, 2.13) 0.671
 Breast surgery history Yes versus no 1.53 (0.79, 2.69) 0.172 1.68 (0.82, 3.21) 0.134
 Benign breast disease Yes versus no 0.75 (0.48, 1.13) 0.181 0.51 (0.31, 0.81) 0.006
 Self-exam experience Yes versus no 1.02 (0.61, 1.61) 0.940 1.43 (0.85, 2.33) 0.163
 Breast symptoms Yes versus no 5.80 (3.73, 8.79)  < 0.001 7.03 (4.38, 11.1)  < 0.001
 Others cancer Yes versus no 0.47 (0.14, 1.12) 0.139 0.42 (0.13, 1.04) 0.099
 Age at menarche Years 0.90 (0.78, 1.04) 0.194 0.90 (0.77, 1.04) 0.173
 Menopause Yes versus no 0.61 (0.41, 0.92) 0.015 0.48 (0.26, 0.88) 0.018
 OC Yes versus no 1.59 (0.91, 2.61) 0.083 1.59 (0.91, 2.65) 0.087
 HRT Yes versus no 1.05 (0.58, 1.75) 0.873 1.02 (0.56, 1.73) 0.957
Harrel’s C-index (95% CI) 0.565 (0.520–0.611)a 0.727 (0.677–0.777)b
No symptom (n = 5914)
 PRS subgroup High versus low 2.25 (1.43, 3.50) < 0.001 2.23 (1.41, 3.48) < 0.001
 Age at mammography Years 0.99 (0.96, 1.02) 0.531 1.04 (1.0, 1.09) 0.087
 Family history of BC Yes versus no 1.31 (0.61, 2.49) 0.454 1.30 (0.60, 2.49) 0.470
 Previous pregnancy Yes versus no 1.15 (0.61, 2.49) 0.689 1.20 (0.61, 2.63) 0.622
 Breast surgery history Yes versus no 1.31 (0.55, 2.68) 0.495 1.81 (0.71, 4.03) 0.170
 Benign breast disease Yes versus no 0.67 (0.39, 1.10) 0.128 0.57 (0.31, 0.99) 0.054
 Self-exam experience Yes versus no 1.43 (0.85, 2.33) 0.159 1.43 (0.85, 2.34) 0.163
 Others cancer Yes versus no 0.48 (0.12, 1.30) 0.219 0.47 (0.11, 1.30) 0.210
 Age at menarche Years 0.93 (0.78, 1.07) 0.416 0.94 (0.78, 1.08) 0.468
 Menopause Yes versus no 0.55 (0.35, 0.88) 0.011 0.37 (0.18, 0.76) 0.007
 OC Yes versus no 1.70 (0.89, 2.99) 0.084 1.72 (0.90, 3.04) 0.080
 HRT Yes versus no 0.76 (0.33, 1.48) 0.457 0.75 (0.33, 1.48) 0.446
Harrel’s C-index (95% CI) 0.589 (0.534–0.644)a 0.682 (0.623–0.741)b

Significant p-values are in bold.

BC breast cancer, OC oral contraceptive use, HRT hormone replacement therapy.

aHarrel’s C-index for PRS subgroup in univariate model.

bHarrel’s C-index for multivariate model with all retained variables.