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. 2012 Jan 23;14(1):R17. doi: 10.1186/bcr3101

Table 5.

Absolute risk estimated in all samples

Groups Case (%) Controls (%) Relative risk Absolute risk

Median (SD) Min to Max Median (SD) Min to Max
Counts of risk allelesa
0 to 1 187 (11.08) 295 (16.70) 0.51 (0.05) 0.45 to 0.59 0.03 (0.003) 0.03 to 0.03
2 327 (19.37) 408 (23.10) 0.65 (0.06) 0.53 to 0.77 0.04 (0.003) 0.03 to 0.04
3 472 (27.96) 503 (28.48) 0.81 (0.08) 0.61 to 0.97 0.05 (0.005) 0.04 to 0.06
4 404 (23.93) 351 (19.88) 0.96 (0.11) 0.69 to 1.23 0.06 (0.006) 0.04 to 0.07
5 201 (11.91) 152 (8.61) 1.16 (0.12) 0.87 to 1.53 0.07 (0.007) 0.05 to 0.09
≥ 6 97 (5.75) 57 (3.23) 1.45 (0.21) 1.10 to 2.36 0.08 (0.012) 0.06 to 0.14
Counts of risk factorsb
0 to 2 109 (6.61) 277 (15.79) 0.61 (0.20) 0.35 to 1.14 0.04 (0.01) 0.02 to 0.07
3 203 (12.31) 344 (19.61) 0.91 (0.33) 0.47 to 2.00 0.05 (0.02) 0.03 to 0.12
4 335 (20.32) 386 (22.01)c 1.22 (0.47) 0.53 to 2.62 0.07 (0.03) 0.03 to 0.15
5 346 (20.98) 377 (21.49) 1.78 (0.65) 0.67 to 3.43 0.10 (0.04) 0.04 to 0.20
6 338 (20.50) 219 (12.49) 2.44 (0.82) 0.88 to 4.33 0.14 (0.05) 0.05 to 0.25
≥ 7 318 (19.28) 151 (8.61) 3.92 (1.24) 1.11 to 7.78 0.23 (0.07) 0.06 to 0.45

a Based on the five SNPs; b Based on five SNPs and two risk factors; c Chose as ref. group.