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. 2017 Jan 18;185(2):75–85. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww178

Table 1.

Summary of Variant/Varianta Data Used in Meta-Analyses of the Association Between Cytochrome P-450 2D6 (CYP2D6) Genotype and Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence or Mortality

First Author, Year (Reference No.) Country/Region Major Variant Allele Relative Riskb 95% CI Weight,c % DNAd No. of Casese No. of Personsf
V/V W/W V/V W/W
Sirachainan, 2012 (55) Thailand *10 0.28 0.01, 2.6 1.7 Nonneoplastic 11 5 8 1
Markkula, 2014 (56) Sweden *4 0.5 0.07, 3.82 2.0 Nonneoplastic 1.0* 20 16.1* 154
Okishiro, 2009 (57) Japan *10 0.6 0.18, 1.98 4.1 Nonneoplastic 3 40
Gor, 2010 (58) Multicenter *4 0.99 0.5, 1.99 6.6 Nonneoplastic 224 19
Mwinyi, 2014 (59) Switzerland *4 1.0 0.14, 7.1 2.1 Nonneoplastic 1 6 5 30
Abraham, 2010 (60) United Kingdom *4 1.13 0.84, 1.54 8.8 Nonneoplastic 23 302 130 1,950
Schroth, 2007g (61) Germany *4 1.63 1.07, 2.46 8.3 Nonneoplastic 10 30 17 118
Chamnanphon, 2013 (62) Thailand *10 1.68 0.60, 4.73 4.8 Nonneoplastic 7 18 7 13
Goetz, 2013h (63) Austria *4 2.45 1.05, 5.73 5.7 Nonneoplastic
Bijl, 2009 (64) The Netherlands *4 4.10 1.10, 15.9 3.6 Nonneoplastic 3 17 4 52
Xu, 2008 (65) China *10 4.70 1.10, 20 3.3 Nonneoplastic
Park, 2011 (66) South Korea *10 5.59 0.93, 33.5 2.4 Nonneoplastic 49 10 179 31
Damodaran, 2012 (67) India *4, *10 7.29 2.92, 18.2 5.4 Nonneoplastic 8 121
Kiyotani, 2010 (68) Japan *10 9.52 2.79, 32.5 4.0 Nonneoplastic 18 3 63 84
Sukasem, 2012 (69) Thailand *10 10.5 1.56, 70.8 2.2 Nonneoplastic 10 8
Teh, 2012 (70) Malaysia *10 13.1 1.54, 109 1.9 Nonneoplastic 12 33 1 24
Regan, 2012 (27) Multicenter *4 0.57 0.26, 1.23 6.2 Tumor 7 60 76 609
Rae, 2012 (26) Multicenter *4 0.99 0.48, 2.08 6.3 Tumor 24 38 58 317
Dezentje, 2013 (72) The Netherlands *4 1.01 0.57, 1.78 7.4 Tumor 3.8* 47 27.5* 345
Lash, 2011 (28) Denmark *4 1.4 0.84, 2.3 7.8 Tumor 41 299 30 308
Goetz, 2005g (46) United States *4 1.85 0.76, 4.52 5.5 Tumor 6 13

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; V, variant; W, wild-type.

a As described in the text, wild-type was defined as a functional allele or inferred extensive metabolizer phenotype; variant was defined as a reduced or eliminated function allele or poor metabolizer phenotype. Therefore, wild-type/wild-type (the reference group) encompassed extensive metabolizers and ultrametabolizers, and variant/variant encompassed poor metabolizers.

b Adjusted hazard ratio, rate ratio, or odds ratio reported in the original publication.

c The study's relative weight, expressed as a percentage, in the random-effects meta-analysis.

d Nonneoplastic = DNA extracted from nonneoplastic tissue; tumor = DNA extracted from tumor-infiltrated tissue.

e Number of cases in genotype category. When reported as an integer, this number was abstracted from the manuscript. When reported as a fraction with an accompanying asterisk (*), this number was imputed from the total number of reported cases and the reported estimate of association. Where no number is shown, the number was not reported, and it was not imputed because the study used DNA extracted from nonneoplastic tissue and thus was not subjected to quantitative bias analysis.

f For cohort study designs, number of persons at risk within the genotype category. For case-control study designs, number of controls within the genotype category. When reported as an integer, this number was abstracted from the manuscript. When reported as a fraction with an accompanying asterisk (*), this number was imputed from the total number of reported subjects and reported genotype proportions. Where no number is shown, the number was not available from the original manuscript.

g Data from the studies by Schroth et al. (61) and Goetz et al. (46) were subsequently pooled (90). We used the results from the original studies.

h Goetz et al. extracted DNA from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens but wrote that extraction and assay methods were specifically designed “to overcome the potential problems related to somatic deletion of the CYP2D6 chromosomal locus on 22q13” (i.e., loss of heterozygosity) (63, p. 501). Thus, we classified this study's results with those of the nonneoplastic group.