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. 2019 Dec 19;22(4):701–708. doi: 10.1038/s41436-019-0729-1

Table 3.

Odds ratios and corresponding 95% confidence intervals for family history predictors of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carrier status

No. of 1st/2nd relatives BRCA1 BRCA2
With BC <50 (vs. 0) Caucasian African American Asian Hispanic Caucasian African American Asian Hispanic
 1 2.2 (2.0, 2.4) 3.1 (2.2, 4.4) 2.8 (1.7, 4.5) 2.7 (1.9, 3.9) 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) 1.3 (0.9, 1.8) 1.3 (0.8, 2.0) 1.5 (1.0, 2.2)
 2 3.7 (3.1, 4.4) 5.1 (3.2, 8.2) 3.0 (1.3, 7.2) 5.0 (2.9, 8.7) 2.0 (1.6, 2.4) 1.4 (0.8, 2.4) 1.5 (0.7, 3.5) 1.3 (0.7, 2.7)
 3+ 5.3 (4.0, 7.0) 12.0 (6.5, 22.1) 8.3 (2.2, 32.1) 9.1 (4.4, 18.9) 3.2 (2.4, 4.3) 1.8 (0.7, 4.5) 3.1 (0.7, 13.9) 3.4 (1.4, 8.2)
BC ≥50 (vs. 0)
 1 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 1.5 (0.9, 2.3) 1.1 (0.7, 1.5) 1.1 (0.9, 1.2) 0.8 (0.6, 1.2) 2.4 (1.6, 3.6) 1.3 (0.9, 1.9)
 2 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) 0.5 (0.2, 1.0) 0.6 (0.2, 2.0) 0.7 (0.4, 1.4) 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) 1.4 (0.6, 3.0) 0.9 (0.5, 1.7)
 3+ 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 0.7 (0.2, 1.9) 2.0 (0.4, 8.8) 0.9 (0.3, 2.7) 0.7 (0.6, 1.0) 1.4 (0.7, 2.6) 3.0 (1.1, 7.8) 0.4 (0.1, 1.6)
OC <60 (vs. 0)
 1 3.2 (2.8, 3.7) 1.7 (1.0, 2.9) 3.4 (1.9, 6.2) 1.9 (1.2, 2.9) 1.4 (1.2, 1.7) 2.1 (1.3, 3.2) 1.5 (0.8, 2.8) 1.4 (0.8, 2.2)
 2+ 5.4 (4.1, 7.1) 0.4 (0.0, 2.9) 4.8 (1.2, 19.1) 3.0 (1.4, 6.6) 1.4 (0.9, 2.1) 0.6 (0.1, 4.2) 1.0 (0.1, 7.6) 1.0 (0.3, 3.4)
OC ≥60 (vs. 0)
 1 1.7 (1.4, 2.0) 2.3 (1.2, 4.1) 1.8 (0.8, 4.1) 1.9 (1.0, 3.6) 1.6 (1.3, 1.8) 0.7 (0.3, 1.5) 1.2 (0.6, 2.6) 1.5 (0.8, 2.9)
 2+ 1.6 (0.9, 2.8) 2.7 (0.6, 12.5) 5.6 (1.3, 25.0) 2.0 (0.3, 15.4) 1.9 (1.2, 3.0) 1.0 (0.1, 7.1) 1.6 (0.4, 7.0)
Pancreatic cancer
 1 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 0.9 (0.5, 1.6) 0.7 (0.2, 1.9) 1.2 (0.7, 2.3) 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 1.6 (1.0, 2.5) 1.7 (0.9, 3.1) 2.1 (1.3, 3.3)
 2+ 0.7 (0.4, 1.1) 2.0 (0.7, 5.5) 1.3 (0.2, 10.0) 2.6 (1.0, 6.6) 1.7 (1.3, 2.2) 1.1 (0.3, 3.6) 0.6 (0.1, 4.5) 0.4 (0.1, 2.9)
MBC 1.0 (0.7, 1.5) 0.9 (0.2, 3.7) 0.4 (0.0, 3.1) 2.5 (1.9, 3.1) 5.4 (3.0, 9.7) 3.1 (1.3, 7.5)
Prostate (vs. 0)
 1 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) 0.4 (0.2, 0.7) 0.9 (0.4, 1.9) 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) 1.3 (1.2, 1.5) 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) 1.8 (1.1, 3.0) 1.3 (0.8, 2.0)
 2+ 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) 0.5 (0.2, 1.1) 0.5 (0.1, 4.3) 0.4 (0.1, 1.4) 1.5 (1.3, 1.8) 0.9 (0.5, 1.6) 1.9 (0.6, 6.7) 2.1 (1.1, 3.9)
Total model AUC 0.79 (0.77–0.80) 0.83 (0.80–0.86) 0.79 (0.74–0.83) 0.82 (0.79–0.85) 0.67 (0.66–0.69) 0.68 (0.64–0.72) 0.70 (0.65–0.75) 0.66 (0.62–0.71)

AUC area under the curve, BC breast cancer, MBC male breast cancer, OC ovarian cancer.