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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2007 Apr 24;107(3):421–425. doi: 10.1007/s10549-007-9565-0

Table 2.

NPAS2 genotypes, menopausal status, and breast cancer risk

Genotypes Cases N (%) Controls N (%) Crude OR (95%CI) P-value Adjusted ORa (95%CI) P-value
Ala394Thr
All women
 Ala/Ala 225 (51.5) 207 (43.3) 1 1
 Ala/Thr 161 (36.8) 226 (47.3) 0.65 (0.50–0.86) 0.0027 0.61 (0.46–0.81) 0.001
 Thr/Thr 51 (11.7) 45 (9.4) 1.04 (0.67–1.62) 0.853 1.00 (0.63–1.57) 0.988
Premenopausal women
 Ala/Ala 55 (56.3) 70 (42.4) 1 1
 Ala/Thr 33 (32.0) 81 (49.1) 0.49 (0.29–0.84) 0.0087 0.44 (0.25–0.77) 0.004
 Thr/Thr 12 (11.7) 14 (8.5) 1.03 (0.44–2.41) 0.937 0.93 (0.38–2.30) 0.876
Postmenopausal women
 Ala/Ala 167 (50.0) 137 (43.8) 1 1
 Ala/Thr 128 (38.3) 142 (46.3) 0.72 (0.52–1.01) 0.053 0.65 (0.46–0.91) 0.014
 Thr/Thr 39 (11.7) 31 (9.9) 1.03 (0.61–1.74) 0.906 0.99 (0.57–1.71) 0.963
Ser471Leu
All women
 Ser/Ser 292 (70.2) 328 (70.5) 1 1
 Ser/Leu 110 (26.4) 129 (27.7) 0.96 (0.71–1.29) 0.778 0.98 (0.72–1.33) 0.907
 Leu/Leu 14 (3.4) 8 (1.8) 1.96 (0.81–4.75) 0.127 2.22 (0.90–5.45) 0.083
Premenopausal women
 Ser/Ser 64 (66.0) 112 (70.4) 1 1
 Ser/Leu 29 (29.9) 43 (27.1) 1.18 (0.67–2.07) 0.563 1.27 (0.71–2.25) 0.423
 Leu/Leu 4 (4.1) 4 (2.5) 1.75 (0.42–7.23) 0.434 1.97 (0.46–8.50) 0.361
Postmenopausal women
 Ser/Ser 228 (71.5) 216 (70.6) 1 1
 Ser/Leu 81 (25.4) 86 (28.1) 0.89 (0.62–1.27) 0.531 0.92 (0.64–1.33) 0.654
 Leu/Leu 10 (3.1) 4 (1.3) 2.37 (0.73–7.66) 0.139 2.64 (0.81–8.68) 0.109
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Adjusted for age, race, family history of breast cancer in first-degree relatives, study site, and reproductive factors including lifetime months of breast feeding, age at menarche, age at first birth, number of live birth and menopausal status. Additional adjustment for age at menopause in postmenopausal women