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Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Jan 4;168(3):703–712. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4638-1

Table 4.

Association of polygenic risk scores and breast cancer risk by estrogen receptor status

Odds ratio (95% confidence intervals)

All breast cancers ER+ disease ER− disease
93-SNP PRS
Per unit SD of PRS 1.10 (1.03–1.17) 1.17 (1.05–1.30) 1.04 (0.93–1.16)
Percentile of PRS
 <5 0.72 (0.52–1.01) 0.68 (0.38–1.20) 0.65 (0.37–1.16)
 5–10 0.84 (0.60–1.16) 0.63 (0.34–1.16) 0.74 (0.42–1.30)
 10–20 0.78 (0.60–1.00) 0.81 (0.53–1.23) 0.95 (0.64–1.41)
 20–40 0.83 (0.68–1.02) 0.89 (0.63–1.24) 0.70 (0.49–1.00)
 40–60 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 60–80 0.91 (0.74–1.11) 0.94 (0.67–1.32) 0.79 (0.56–1.11)
 80–90 0.98 (0.76–1.26) 0.94 (0.62–1.43) 0.91 (0.60–1.38)
 90–95 1.14 (0.82–1.57) 1.30 (0.79–2.15) 0.90 (0.52–1.58)
 >95 1.11 (0.80–1.54) 1.54 (0.96–2.48) 0.94 (0.55–1.63)
P for trend 0.002 0.002 0.31

34-SNP PRS
Per unit SD of PRS 1.13 (1.06–1.20) 1.14 (1.03–1.27) 1.11 (1.00–1.24)
Percentile of PRS
 <5 0.65 (0.46–0.90) 0.67 (0.39–1.16) 0.72 (0.38–1.36)
 5–10 0.73 (0.53–1.02) 0.43 (0.22–0.84) 1.69 (1.04–2.76)
 10–20 0.74 (0.58–0.96) 0.71 (0.47–1.08) 1.00 (0.63–1.56)
 20–40 0.99 (0.81–1.21) 0.96 (0.69–1.33) 1.34 (0.94–1.93)
 40–60 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 60–80 0.90 (0.73–1.11) 0.77 (0.55–1.08) 1.07 (0.73–1.55)
 80–90 1.04 (0.81–1.33) 0.94 (0.62–1.41) 1.42 (0.92–2.19)
 90–95 0.95 (0.69–1.32) 0.88 (0.52–1.50) 1.31 (0.75–2.27)
 >95 1.29 (0.94–1.79) 1.54 (0.96–2.47) 2.13 (1.28–3.53)
P for trend <0.001 0.009 0.076

Abbreviation: SNP, single nucleoid polymorphism; PRS, polygenic risk score; ER, estrogen receptor; SD, standard deviation