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. 2012 Nov 13;108(2):461–468. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.486

Table 2. Association of variant alleles in BRCA1, NBS1 and CHEK2 with prostate cancer risk, by age.

  Controls (n=3956) No. (%) Cases diagnosed at age ⩽60 years (n=619) No. (%) OR 95% CI P-value Cases diagnosed at age >60 years (n=3131) No. (%) OR 95% CI P-value
Any BRCA1 mutation 17 (0.4%) 5 (0.8%) 1.9 0.7–5.1 0.9 9 (0.3%) 0.7 0.3–1.5 0.6
 5382insC 13 (0.3%) 1 (0.2%) 0.5 0.1–3.8 0.8 5 (0.2%) 0.5 0.2–1.4 0.2
 C61G 3 (0.08%) 1 (0.2%) 2.1 0.2–20.5 1.0 2 (0.06%) 0.8 0.1–5.0 0.8
 4153delA 1 (0.03%) 3 (0.5%) 20.3 2.0–185.6 0.004 2 (0.06%) 2.5 0.2–27.9 0.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NBS1 mutation                  
657del5 23 (0.6%) 11 (1.8%) 3.1 1.5–6.4 0.003 43 (1.4%) 2.4 1.4–4.0 0.0009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Any CHEK2 mutation 228 (5.8%) 77 (12.4%) 2.3 1.8–3.1 <0.0001 306 (9.8%) 1.8 1.5–2.1 <0.0001
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Any CHEK2 truncating mutation 43 (1.1%) 16 (2.6%) 2.4 1.4–4.3 0.004 68 (2.2%) 2.0 1.4–3.0 0.0004
 1100delC 7 (0.2%) 4 (0.6%) 3.7 1.1–12.6 0.08 17 (0.5%) 3.1 1.2–7.4 0.02
 IVS2+1G>A 21 (0.5%) 4 (0.6%) 1.2 0.4–3.6 0.9 24 (0.8%) 1.4 0.8–2.6 0.3
 del5395 15 (0.4%) 8 (1.3%) 3.4 1.5–8.2 0.007 27 (0.9%) 2.3 1.2–4.3 0.01
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHEK2 I157T missense mutation 186 (4.7%) 62 (10.0%) 2.3 1.7–3.0 <0.0001 241 (7.7%) 1.7 1.4–2.1 <0.0001

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio.

ORs and P-values are calculated with respect to controls as reference group.