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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2014 Dec;260(6):1000–1010. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000769

Table 2.

Summary of Meta-Analysis Results

Analysis Outcome Measure Point Estimate 95% CI p value No. of Studies CPM (n=) No CPM (n=)
All studies1719,21,24,26 OS RR 1.09 1.06, 1.11 <0.001 6 10,666 145,490
RD 7.4% 5.6%, 9.3% <0.001

FGR – Elevated18,21,24 RR 1.09 0.97, 1.24 0.157 3 618 1318
RD 6.6% −1.2%, 14.3% 0.096

FGR – Varying17,19,26 RR 1.10 1.09, 1.11 <0.001 3 10,048 144,172
RD 8.4% 7.8%, 8.9% <0.001

All studies1719,24 BCM RR 0.69 0.56, 0.85 0.001 4 10,120 142,105
RD −3.5% −4.0%, −3.0% <0.001

FGR – Elevated18,24 RR 0.66 0.27, 1.64 0.283 2 464 454
RD −4.2% −9.5%, 1.1% 0.123

FGR – Varying17,19 RR 0.63 0.56, 0.70 <0.001 2 9656 141,651
RD −3.5% −4.0%, −3.0% <0.001

All studies13,16,19,21,24,26,43,44,47 SCBC Rate 4.8% 3.4%, 6.2% - 9 3438 -
FGR – Elevated21,24 5.7% 1.8%, 9.6% - 2 233 -
FGR – Varying13,16,19,4345,47 4.8% 3.2%, 6.3% - 7 3205 -

All studies16,18,19,21,23,24,26,42 MCBC RR 0.04 0.02, 0.08 <0.001 8 2325 4840
RD −18.0% −42.0%, 5.9% 0.118

FGR – Elevated18,21,23,24 RR 0.04 0.02, 0.09 <0.001 4 764 1654
RD −24.0% −35.6%, −12.4% 0.013

FGR – Varying16,19,26,42 RR 0.08 0.01, 0.46 0.005 4 1561 3186
RD −11.1% −5.9%, 37% 0.240

All studies16,18,24,26,42 DMR RR 0.64 0.51, 0.81 <0.001 5 953 3323
RD −4.9% −7.2%, −2.6% <0.001

FGR – Elevated18,24 RR 0.71 0.53, 0.94 0.018 2 464 454
RD −5.9% −10.7%, −1.0% 0.017

FGR – Varying16,26,42 RR 0.58 0.40, 0.83 0.003 3 489 2869
RD −4.4% −6.7%, −2.0% <0.001

BCM, breast-cancer-specific mortality; CI, confidence interval; CPM, contralateral prophylactic mastectomy; DMR, distant/metastatic recurrence; FGR, familial/genetic risk; OS, overall survival; MCBC, metachronous contralateral breast cancer; SCBC, synchronous contralateral breast cancer; RD, risk difference; RR, relative risk