Table 2. Continuous variable analysis of ESR1_TA, ESR2_CA, and AR_CAG alleles and breast cancer risk in African American and Nigerian women.

		Repeat length, mean ± SD				Mann-Whitney P 2			Logistic regression P 2, OR (95% CI)
Microsatellite	Allele1	AA Case	AA Control	NG Case	NG Control	AA	NG	AA + NG3	AA	NG	AA + NG
ESR1_TA	S	15.32±2.93	15.06±2.78	15.01±2.77	14.78±2.66	0.51	0.23	0.18	0.31, 1.03 (0.97–1.10)	0.31, 1.03 (0.97–1.09)	0.15, 1.03 (0.99–1.08)
	L	19.31±3.58	19.66±3.63	19.36±3.69	19.47±3.30	0.21	0.97	0.42	0.26, 0.97 (0.93–1.02)	0.69, 0.99 (0.95–1.04)	0.29, 0.98 (0.95–1.02)
	Ave.	17.31±2.86	17.36±2.78	17.18±2.76	17.13±2.53	0.85	0.74	0.91	0.84, 0.99 (0.94–1.06)	0.79, 1.01 (0.95–1.07)	0.96, 1.00 (0.96–1.04)
ESR2_CA	S	21.36±2.52	21.27±3.03	21.52±3.05	21.02±2.94	0.72	0.0018	0.037	0.71, 1.01 (0.95–1.08)	0.04, 1.06 (1.00–1.11)	0.07, 1.04 (1.00–1.08)
	L	23.85±1.76	24.20±2.05	24.17±2.07	23.95±2.02	0.036	0.11	0.84	0.04, 0.91 (0.83–1.00)	0.17, 1.06 (0.98–1.14)	0.78, 0.99 (0.94–1.05)
	Ave.	22.61±1.74	22.74±2.13	22.84±2.10	22.49±2.05	0.15	0.0047	0.26	0.45, 0.97 (0.88–1.06)	0.03, 1.09 (1.01–1.17)	0.24, 1.04 (0.98–1.10)
AR_CAG	S	18.35±2.60	17.83±2.77	17.78±2.35	17.73±2.30	0.038	0.82	0.12	0.03, 1.08 (1.01–1.15)	0.81, 1.01 (0.94–1.08)	0.08, 1.04 (1.00–1.09)
	L	21.73±2.88	21.78±2.99	21.26±2.70	21.38±2.91	0.83	0.62	0.61	0.84, 0.99 (0.94–1.05)	0.58, 0.99 (0.93–1.04)	0.59, 0.99 (0.95–1.03)
	Ave.	20.04±2.38	19.81±2.42	19.52±2.11	19.56±2.22	0.50	0.98	0.64	0.26, 1.04 (0.97–1.12)	0.82, 0.99 (0.92–1.07)	0.53, 1.02 (0.97–1.07)

¹S: Short allele; L: Long allele; Ave.: average repeat length of short and long alleles.

² P values <0.0083 were bolded.

³Van Elteren’s test.