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. 2012 Apr 12;103(6):1121–1128. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2012.02266.x

Table 5.

Association of PTTG1IP variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) with metastasis risk stratified by immunochemical index

Characters Genotype of PBF VNTR (metastasis/no metastasis)
Status with 5 repeats Status with 6 repeats Status with repeat length Biallelic‐repeats dose
*/* 5/* + 5/5 OR (95% CI) #/# 6/# + 6/6 OR (95% CI) S/S S/L + L/L OR (95% CI) Low High OR (95% CI)
ER (+) 94/84 54/77 0.66 (0.41–1.06) 44/55 104/106 1.19 (0.72–1.96) 15/19 133/142 0.97 (0.46–2.04) 33/32 115/129 0.81 (0.45–1.46)
PR (+) 76/78 47/71 0.69 (0.42–1.14) 36/52 87/97 1.30 (0.77–2.23) 15/19 108/130 0.89 (0.42–1.90) 29/30 94/119 0.73 (0.39–1.35)
PR (−) 18/6 7/6 0.39 (0.08–2.00) 8/3 17/9 0.35 (0.05–2.39) 0/0 25/12 n.d 4/2 21/10 1.09 (0.11–10.58)
HER2 (+) 33/27 18/16 0.95 (0.37–2.47) 19/10 32/33 0.69 (0.24–1.96) 6/4 45/39 0.82 (0.20–3.36) 12/11 39/32 1.48 (0.48–4.57)
HER2 (−) 59/56 33/60 0.53 (0.30–0.94) 22/44 70/72 1.76 (0.95–3.26) 9/15 83/101 1.15 (0.47–2.83) 21/21 71/95 0.70 (0.35–1.42)
ER (−) 58/36 61/31 1.23 (0.64–2.37) 43/21 76/46 0.82 (0.41–1.65) 18/12 101/55 1.29 (0.55–3.06) 31/16 88/51 0.89 (0.42–1.87)
PR (+) 19/18 18/15 1.14 (0.44–2.96) 17/15 20/18 0.95 (0.36–2.50) 8/7 29/26 0.93 (0.29–2.94) 12/9 25/24 0.74 (0.26–2.10)
PR (−) 39/18 43/16 1.32 (0.52–3.35) 26/6 56/28 0.42 (0.13–1.39) 10/5 72/29 1.48 (0.39–5.62) 19/7 63/27 0.88 (0.29–2.70)
HER2 (+) 29/20 37/12 1.86 (0.74–4.68) 29/13 37/19 0.86 (0.34–2.17) 14/5 52/27 0.86 (0.26–2.84) 21/7 45/25 0.68 (0.24–1.96)
HER2 (−) 27/15 24/19 0.76 (0.29–2.01) 14/8 37/26 0.95 (0.30–3.02) 4/7 47/27 2.93 (0.73–11.84) 10/9 41/25 1.35 (0.45–4.02)

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using unconditional logistic regression with the */*, #/#, S/S and low dose of biallelic‐repeats genotypes as reference groups, respectively, and adjusted for age and age at menarche. Bold values indicate statistical significance. *, other repeat alleles rather than five repeats; #, other repeat alleles rather than six repeats; +, positive; −, negative; ER, estrogen receptor; HER2, epidermal growth factor receptor 2; L, long (≥6); n.d, no data; PR, progesterone receptor; S, short (≤5).