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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Apr 21;119(2):431–436. doi: 10.1007/s10549-009-0397-y

Table 3.

Association of mtDNA D-loop MnlI site mutation with breast cancer risk

RFLP pattern Tumor Tissue, N (%) Adjacent Non-tumor Tissue, N (%)


Breast Cancer BBD OR (95% CI) Breast Cancer BBD OR (95% CI)
A 201 (40.4) 75 (37.7) 1.00 (reference) 48 (38.7) 23 (36.5) 1.00 (reference)
B 102 (20.5) 39 (19.6) 0.91 (0.57–1.46) 30 (24.2) 10 (15.9) 1.57 (0.63–3.89)
C 61 (12.3) 29 (14.6) 0.71 (0.42–1.23) 16 (12.9) 7 (11.1) 1.25 (0.42–3.72)
D 43 (8.7) 14 (7.0) 1.07 (0.54–2.10) 9 (7.3) 6 (9.5) 0.75 (0.23–2.51)
E 35 (7.0) 19 (9.6) 0.73 (0.38–1.40) 4 (3.2) 8 (12.7) 0.26 (0.07–1.02)
Atypical 44 (8.9) 12 (6.0) 1.40 (0.67–2.92) 14 (11.3) 5 (7.9) 1.68 (0.50–5.61)
Other 11 (2.2) 11 (2.5) 0.37 (0.15–0.92) 3 (2.4) 4 (6.4) 0.42 (0.09–2.08)

A 201 (40.4) 75 (37.7) 1.00 (reference) 48 (38.7) 23 (36.5) 1.00 (reference)
Any other
RFLP patterns
296 (59.6) 124 (62.3) 0.85 (0.60–1.21) 76 (61.3) 40 (63.5) 1.01 (0.52–1.96)