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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Jul 12;20(9):1937–1943. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0419

Table 2. Characteristics of breast cancer recurrence cases and matched breast cancer controls according to tumor and treatment variables and UGT genotypes.

ER+/TAM+, n (%) ER−/TAM− Group, n (%)
Cases Controls Cases Controls
UGT2B15*2 genotype
 2 normal alleles 151 (29) 140 (27) 85 (29) 87 (30)
 1 variant allele 237 (45) 238 (46) 133 (46) 130 (45)
 2 variant alleles 133 (26) 139 (27) 71 (25) 69 (24)
  (Missing) 20 24 11 14
UGT2B7*2 genotype
 2 normal alleles 127 (25) 113 (22) 53 (19) 63 (22)
 1 variant allele 224 (44) 232 (46) 142 (50) 142 (50)
 2 variant alleles 163 (32) 162 (32) 87 (31) 77 (27)
  (Missing) 27 34 18 18
UGT1A8*3 genotype
 2 normal alleles 502 (96) 494 (95) 284 (97) 283 (97)
 1 variant allele 19 (3.6) 23 (4.4) 8 (2.7) 9 (3.1)
 2 variant alleles 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  (Missing) 19 23 8 8
CYP2D6 phenotype
 Normal function (2 normal alleles) 299 (61) 308 (62) 167 (60) 173 (62)
 Reduced function (1 or 2 variant alleles) 195 (39) 189 (38) 110 (40) 107 (38)
Diagnosis year*
 1985-1993 235 (43) 234 (43) 107 (36) 100 (33)
 1994-1996 113 (21) 112 (21) 81 (27) 83 (28)
 1997-2001 193 (36) 195 (36) 112 (37) 117 (39)
Age at diagnosis, y
 35-44 16 (3.0) 13 (2.4) 68 (23) 58 (19)
 45-54 116 (21) 111 (21) 120 (40) 113 (38)
 55-64 286 (53) 281 (52) 82 (27) 86 (29)
 65-69 123 (23) 136 (25) 30 (10) 43 (14)
Menopausal status at diagnosis*
 Premenopausal 34 (6.3) 34 (6.3) 121 (40) 121 (40)
 Postmenopausal 507 (94) 507 (94) 179 (60) 179 (60)
UICC tumor stage at diagnosis*
 I 9 (1.7) 9 (1.7) 25 (8.3) 25 (8.3)
 II 250 (46) 250 (46) 153 (51) 153 (51)
 III 282 (52) 282 (52) 122 (41) 122 (41)
Histologic grade
 I 108 (25) 144 (35) 27 (11) 23 (10)
 II 234 (54) 215 (52) 125 (49) 98 (43)
 III 92 (21) 57 (14) 103 (40) 106 (47)
  (Missing) 107 125 45 73
Type of surgery
 Mastectomy 483 (89) 470 (87) 252 (84) 244 (81)
 Breast-conserving 58 (11) 71 (13) 47 (16) 56 (19)
  (Missing) 0 0 1 0
Radiation therapy
 Yes 183 (34) 191 (35) 128 (44) 123 (47)
 No 358 (66) 350 (65) 166 (56) 137 (53)
  (Missing) 0 0 6 40
Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy
 Yes 70 (13) 65 (12) 248 (83) 188 (63)
 No 471 (87) 476 (88) 52 (17) 112 (37)
ER expression at centralized re-assay
 Positive 451 (92) 474 (96) 72 (26) 70 (25)
 Negative 37 (7.6) 19 (3.9) 204 (74) 205 (75)
 Not available 53 48 24 25
*

Variable used to match control subjects to recurrence cases using risk-set sampling.