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. 2011 Mar 31;173(10):1159–1170. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwr004

Table 4.

Associationa Between the Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin (SHBG) rs6259 Polymorphism and Breast Cancer Risk According to Body Mass Index, by Study Stage, Shanghai Breast Cancer Study, 1996–2005

Study and Genotype Premenopausal Women
Postmenopausal Women
All Womenb
BMIbc <23
BMI ≥23
BMI <23
BMI ≥23
BMI <23
BMI ≥23
Cases/ Controlsd OR 95% CI Cases/ Controls OR 95% CI Cases/ Controls OR 95% CI Cases/ Controls OR 95% CI Cases/ Controls OR 95% CI Cases/ Controls OR 95% CI
Stage 1 (SBCS I; 1996–1998)
    GG 282/301 1.0 Reference 215/212 1.0 0.8, 1.3 101/100 1.0 Reference 164/178 0.9 0.7, 1.3 384/402 1.0 Reference 380/392 1.0 0.8, 1.2
    AG/AA 115/137 0.9 0.7, 1.2 123/98 1.2 0.9, 1.7 24/63 0.4* 0.2, 0.7 75/84 0.9 0.6, 1.4 140/200 0.7* 0.6, 1.0 198/185 1.1 0.9, 1.4
        P for interaction 0.160 0.005 0.024
Stage 2 (SBCS II; 2002–2005)
    GG 390/353 1.0 Reference 359/282 1.2 0.9, 1.4 208/234 1.0 Reference 381/380 1.1 0.9, 1.4 598/588 1.0 Reference 740/662 1.2 1.0, 1.4
    AG/AA 148/154 0.9 0.7, 1.1 182/123 1.4* 1.0, 1.8 85/128 0.8 0.5, 1.0 161/161 1.1 0.9, 1.5 233/282 0.8 0.7, 1.0 343/284 1.2* 1.0, 1.5
        P for interaction 0.135 0.144 0.046
SBCS I and SBCS II combined
    GG 672/654 1.0 Reference 574/494 1.1 0.9, 1.3 309/334 1.0 Reference 545/558 1.1 0.9, 1.3 982/990 1.0 Reference 1,120/1,054 1.1 1.0, 1.2
    AG/AA 263/291 0.9 0.7, 1.1 305/221 1.3* 1.1, 1.6 109/191 0.6* 0.5, 0.8 236/245 1.1 0.8, 1.3 373/482 0.8* 0.7, 0.9 541/469 1.2* 1.0, 1.4
        P for interaction 0.044 0.007 0.003

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; SBCS, Shanghai Breast Cancer Study.

*P ≤ 0.05.

a

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals from dominant effect models, adjusted for age.

b

Numbers of premenopausal and postmenopausal women do not sum to those for all woman because some participants were missing information on menopausal status.

c

Weight (kg)/height (m)2.

d

No. of cases/no. of controls.