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. 2016 Aug 23;16(1):673. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2698-y

Table 4.

Ratio of the probability of carrying BRCA1/2 mutations in the investigated patients collective based on univariate logistic regression models

Non-carriers BRCA1 mutation carriers BRCA2 mutation carriers
Variables Level n % n % RP 95 % CI P n % RP 95 % CI P
Agea Cont. 398 100 105 100 0.99 0.97 to 1.01 0.34 20 100 1.01 0.97 to 1.05 0.56
Family phenotype 1 early onset BC (≤ 30 years) 210 53 21 20 Ref. < 0.0001 6 30 Ref. 0.13
Familial BC 166 42 56 53 3.37 1.96 to 5.80 13 65 2.74 1.02 to 7.37
Familial BC and OC 22 6 28 27 12.72 6.22 to 26.0 1 5 1.59 0.18 to 13.82
Menopausal status Postmenopausal 68 17 10 10 0.51 0.25 to 1.03 0.17 3 15 0.85 0.24 to 3.00 0.97
Premenopausal 329 83 95 90 Ref. 17 85 Ref.
Unknown 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 -
Ethnicity Other 53 13 12 11 0.77 0.39 to 1.50 0.17 5 25 2.45 0.82 to 7.32 0.25
Pathan 60 15 9 9 0.51 0.24 to 1.07 4 20 1.72 0.53 to 0.53
Punjabi 285 72 84 80 Ref. 11 55 Ref.
Histology Ductal 359 90 102 97 Ref. 0.03 18 90 Ref. 0.98
Other 39 10 3 3 0.27 0.08 to 0.89 2 10 1.02 0.23 to 4.57
Tumor size Unknown 80 20 27 26 1.30 0.76 to 2.23 0.73 4 20 0.91 0.28 to 2.97 0.99
pT1 78 20 19 18 0.94 0.52 to 1.70 4 20 0.93 0.28 to 3.05
pT2 181 45 47 45 Ref. 10 50 Ref.
pT3 55 14 11 10 0.77 0.37 to 1.59 2 10 0.66 0.14 to 3.09
pT4 4 1 1 1 0.96 0.11 to 8.82 0 0 -
Tumor grade 1 5 1 0 0 - < 0.0001 0 0 - 0.16
2 116 29 6 6 0.14 0.06 to 0.33 9 45 2.45 0.92 to 6.52
3 253 64 94 90 Ref. 8 40 Ref.
Unknown 24 6 5 5 0.56 0.21 to 1.51 3 15 3.95 0.98 to 15.9
Lymph node status Negative 146 37 47 45 1.49 0.95 to 2.34 0.13 6 30 0.73 0.27 to 1.97 0.83
Positive 232 58 50 48 Ref. 13 65 Ref.
Unknown 20 5 8 8 1.86 0.77 to 4.45 1 5 0.89 0.11 to 7.18
TNBC status Non-TNBC 279 70 34 32 Ref. < 0.0001 18 90 Ref. 0.07
TNBC 119 30 71 68 4.90 3.09 to 7.77 2 10 0.26 0.06 to 1.14

P values marked in bold are statistically significant

BC breast cancer, OC ovarian cancer, Ref. reference, RP ratio of the probability of carrying BRCA1/2 mutations

aMedian age (5th and 95th percentiles) were 30 years (23 to 54) for non-carriers, 30 years (24 to 48) for BRCA1, and 32 years (24 to 53) for BRCA2 mutation carriers