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. 2008 Mar 18;98(8):1457–1466. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604305

Table 4. Estimated BRCA1 and BRCA2 allele frequencies and relative hazards for model σp2=σm2 in Table 3.

  BRCA1
BRCA2
Age (years) Frequency (95% Cl) BC RH (95% Cl) OC RH (95% Cl) Frequency (95% Cl) BC RH (95% Cl) OC RH (95% Cl)
  0.0006 (0.04–0.10%)     0.0010 (0.06–0.15%)    
20–29   44.9 (25.4–79.2) 1.0   21.1 (10.9–40.6) 1.0
30–39   26.2 (18.3–37.3) 39.0 (17.2–88.5)   14.8 (10.2–21.4) 1.0
40–49   19.9 (14.3–27.7) 68.4 (43.5–107.5)   11.0 (7.8–15.5) 3.9 (0.8–19.4)
50–59   9.6 (5.8–15.9) 26.2 (13.6–50.2)   9.7 (6.3–14.7) 19.4 (10.4–36.3)
60–69   8.3 (4.0–17.3) 37.8 (17.8–80.2)   9.1 (5.1–16.1) 7.1 (1.8–28.3)

BC=breast cancer; OC=ovarian cancer; RH=relative hazard.

RH are estimated relative to the cohort-specific population incidences. RH assumed to be constant across birth cohorts.