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. 2006 Jul 6;43(11):856–862. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2006.041731

Table 3 Prevalence of BARD1 Cys557Ser among patients with familial breast or ovarian cancer, according to family history.

Subgroup and study population* Frequency OR (95% CI) p Value
BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation‐positive families
 Finland† 0.0% (0/10) 0.0 (0.0 to 24.06) 0.68
 Iceland 3.8% (2/53) 1.2 (0.28 to 5.25) 0.68
 Denmark 1.6% (1/63) 0.2 (0.03 to 1.61) 0.15
 Sweden 2.1% (2/97) 0.5 (0.12 to 2.51) 0.74
 Norway 0.0% (0/27) ND ND
 Total‡ 2.2% (5/223) 0.8 (0.33 to 2.03) 0.66
BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation‐negative families
 Finland† 6.0% (7/116) 3.9 (1.70 to 9.11) 0.005
 Iceland 6.7% (7/104) 2.2 (0.96 to 5.26) 0.08
 Denmark 5.8% (9/156) 0.8 (0.37 to 1.78) 0.60
 Sweden 10.1% (8/79) 2.9 (1.14 to 7.55) 0.04
 Norway 5.8% (8/138) ND ND
 Total‡ 6.8% (31/455) 2.6 (1.72 to 3.95) <0.001
Family history of breast cancer (without ovarian cancer)
 Finland† 7.4% (7/94) 4.9 (2.12 to 11.5) 0.001
 Iceland 6.7% (5/75) 2.2 (0.83 to 5.92) 0.10
 Denmark 6.0% (7/117) 0.8 (0.36 to 2.00) 0.70
 Sweden 7.3% (8/110) 2.0 (0.80 to 5.21) 0.13
 Norway 4.1% (4/98) ND ND
 Total‡ 6.8% (27/396) 2.6 (1.68 to 4.05) <0.001
Family history of breast and ovarian cancer or only ovarian cancer§
 Finland† 0.0% (0/32) 0.0 (0.0 to 7.42) 0.47
 Iceland 9.1% (2/22) 3.1 (0.70 to 13.9) 0.16
 Denmark 5.1% (2/39) 0.7 (0.16 to 3.14) 1.00
 Sweden 3.0% (2/66) 0.8 (0.18 to 3.76) 1.00
 Norway 5.7% (3/53) ND ND
 Total‡ 3.8% (6/159) 1.4 (0.60 to 3.24) 0.45

ND, not determined due to lack of controls.

*Includes only samples for which the particular classification is known.

†Partly included in Karppinen et al.11

‡Norway not included.

§Altogether 10 patients had a family history of only ovarian cancer (two from Denmark, five from Sweden and three from Finland), and none of them carried BARD1 Cys557Ser mutation.