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. 2011 Jun 6;6(6):e20703. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020703

Table 1. Description of the studies included in the pooled analysis of the ESR2 rs1271572 and ovarian carcinoma risk.

Study Name Location Study Design White non-Hispanic women
Cases (invasive) Controls
N Mean age (SE), yrs N Mean age (SE), yrs
AUS (Australian National Ovarian Cancer Study) Australia Population-based case-control 1051 58.5 (0.3) 1148 56.7 (0.3)
BAV (Bavarian Ovarian Cancer Cases and Controls) Bavaria, Germany Hospital based 204 56.0 (0.7) 229 58.0 (0.7)
HAW (Hawaiian Ovarian Cancer Study) Hawaii, USA Population-based case-control 64 55.0 (1.3) 152 56.8 (0.9)
MAL (The Danish Malignant Ovarian Tumor Study) Denmark 348 59.9 (0.6) 893 56.8 (0.4)
NCO (North Carolina Ovarian Cancer Study) North Carolina, USA Population-based case-control 520 57.8 (0.5) 582 55.2 (0.4)
POC (Polish Ovarian Cancer Study) Szczecin, Poznan, Opole and Rzeszow, Poland Population-based case-control 545 55.0 (0.5) 525 57.5 (0.5)
SEA (UK SEARCH Ovarian Cancer Study) United Kingdom 936 56.0 (0.3) 1198 55.0 (0.3)
STA (Genetic Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer) California, USA Population-based case-control 265 51.4 (0.7) 338 48.2 (0.6)
UKO (UK Ovarian Cancer Population Study) United Kingdom 634 61.0 (0.4) 998 64.9 (0.3)
USC (Los Angeles County Case-Control Studies of Ovarian Cancer) California, USA Population-based case-control 379 58.0 (0.5) 519 56.3 (0.5)
POOLED 4946 57.3 (0.2) 6582 57.2 (0.1)