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. 2019 Dec 29;7(1):e000872. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000872

Table 2.

The impact of glycemic traits on breast cancer risk in Breast Cancer Association Consortium using Mendelian randomization, stratified by estrogen receptor subtypes

All SNPs Inverse variance weighting with multiplicative random effects MR-Egger Weighted median
OR 95% CI I2 OR 95% CI Intercept Intercept
p value
OR 95% CI
Estrogen receptor (+ve)
 Glucose (mmol/L) (n=21) 1.03 0.85 to 1.24 0.638 1.05 0.69 to 1.60 −0.001 0.90 1.02 0.87 to 1.18
 HbA1c (%) (n=32) 1.06 0.75 to 1.50 0.776 1.15 0.60 to 2.23 −0.002 0.78 1.00 0.79 to 1.27
 Type 2 diabetes (n=147) 0.98 0.95 to 1.02 0.651 1.00 0.93 to 1.07 −0.001 0.61 1.01 0.97 to 1.05
Excluding pleiotropic SNPs
 Glucose (mmol/L) (n=11) 1.00 0.81 to 1.24 0.603 1.06 0.67 to 1.67 −0.003 0.79 1.02 0.86 to 1.20
 HbA1c (%) (n=19) 1.06 0.89 to 1.27 0.00 1.08 0.77 to 1.51 0.000 0.92 1.00 0.78 to 1.27
 Type 2 diabetes (n=108) 0.98 0.93 to 1.02 0.555 0.87 0.76 to 0.99 0.007 0.08 0.99 0.94 to 1.05
Estrogen receptor (-ve)
 Glucose (mmol/L) (n=21) 1.06 0.82 to 1.38 0.577 1.06 0.59 to 1.90 0.000 0.98 1.03 0.80 to 1.31
 HbA1c (%) (n=32) 1.12 0.68 to 1.84 0.751 1.76 0.69 to 4.52 −0.01 0.28 1.26 0.86 to 1.85
 Type 2 diabetes (n=147) 0.97 0.93 to 1.01 0.467 1.00 0.92 to 1.09 −0.003 0.39 1.00 0.94 to 1.06
Excluding pleiotropic SNPs
 Glucose (mmol/L) (n=11) 1.01 0.80 to 1.26 0.200 1.28 0.81 to 2.02 −0.011 0.27 1.02 0.79 to 1.31
 HbA1c (%) (n=19) 1.31 0.87 to 1.96 0.547 1.26 0.57 to 2.78 0.001 0.92 1.27 0.87 to 1.84
 Type 2 diabetes (n=108) 0.95 0.89 to 1.00 0.342 0.87 0.74 to 1.03 0.005 0.31 0.93 0.87 to 1.00

SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism.