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. 2007 Jan 12;44(6):408–411. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2006.047498

Table 2 Association of the ITGB3 polymorphism with ovarian cancer risk and no association with breast cancer risk.

Genotype/allele Ovarian cancer
Cases (n = 146) n (%) Controls (n = 280) n (%) ORcrude* (95% CI) p Value Cases (n = 85) n (%) Controls (n = 215) n (%) ORadj† (95% CI) p Value ORclustered‡ (95% CI) p Value
ITGB3_Leu33Pro
 Leu/Leu 96 (66) 224 (80) 1.00 (reference) 57 (67) 172 (80) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Leu/Pro+Pro/Pro 50 (34) 56 (20) 2.08 (1.33 to 3.27) 0.002 28 (33) 43 (20) 2.51 (1.3 to 4.84) 0.006 1.97 (1.53 to 2.53) p<0.001
 Pro 57 (19) 61 (11) 29 (17) 47 (11)
Genotype/allele Breast cancer
Cases (n = 319) n (%) Controls (n = 290) n (%) ORcrude* (95% CI) p Value Cases (n = 232) n (%) Controls (n = 225) n (%) ORadj† (95% CI) p Value ORclustered‡ (95% CI) p Value
ITGB3_Leu33Pro
 Leu/Leu 249 (78) 233 (80) 1.00 (reference) 184 (79) 181 (80) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Leu/Pro+Pro/Pro 70 (22) 57 (20) 1.15 (0.77 to 1.70) 0.62 48 (21) 44 (20) 1.12 (0.69 to 1.82) 0.63 1.14 (0.82 to 1.59) 0.43
 Pro 76 (12) 62 (11) 49 (11) 48 (11)

*ORcrude, crude odds ratio.

†ORadj, odds ratio adjusted for year of birth, age of first live birth, age at menarche, body mass index, parity, breastfeeding, oral contraceptive use, smoking and BRCA1 mutation.

‡ORclustered, odds ratio on correction for family cluster.