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. 2021 Jan 26;124(4):842–854. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01185-w

Table 3.

Association of rs45446698 genotype with ER + /PR + breast cancer risk among women of European ancestry stratified by current use of postmenopausal hormone treatment.

iCOGS OncoArray Combined
Cases Controls OR (95% CI) P1 Cases Controls OR (95% CI) P1 Cases Controls OR (95% CI) P1
MHT− 3742 8902 0.73 (0.62–0.86) 0.0002 5961 15,128 0.95 (0.83–1.08) 0.45 9703 24,030 0.86 (0.78–0.95) 0.003
MHT +  1593 2859 0.77 (0.59–0.99) 0.04 2823 5529 0.87 (0.71–1.06) 0.16 4416 8388 0.83 (0.70–0.97) 0.02
NK 622 1793 3090 6226 3712 8019
Total 5957 13,554 Pint = 0.81 11,874 26,883 Pint = 0.26 17,831 40,437 Pint = 0.47
EPT− 3736 7826 0.77 (0.65–0.91) 0.002 4173 8566 0.93 (0.80–1.09) 0.38 7909 16,392 0.85 (0.76–0.95) 0.005
EPT +  727 944 0.71 (0.48–1.05) 0.09 878 1170 0.66 (0.45–0.97) 0.03 1605 2114 0.68 (0.52–0.90) 0.007
NK 1494 4784 6823 17,147 8317 21,931
Total 5957 13,554 Pint = 0.72 11,874 26,883 Pint = 0.09 17,831 40,437 Pint = 0.15
ET− 3840 7710 0.75 (0.63–0.88) 0.0005 4343 8136 0.92 (0.79–1.07) 0.29 8183 15,846 0.88 (0.79–0.97) 0.01
ET +  589 1172 0.69 (0.45–1.06) 0.09 640 1484 0.94 (0.62–1.42) 0.76 1229 2656 0.84 (0.64–1.10) 0.21
NK 1528 4672 6891 17,263 8419 21,935
Total 5957 13,554 Pint = 0.83 11,874 26,883 Pint = 0.85 17,831 40,437 Pint = 0.78

MHT    menopausal hormone treatment, EPT   oestrogen–progesterone therapy, ET   oestrogen-only therapy, P1   test of H0 no association between rs45446698 and ER + /PR + breast cancer risk, Pint   test of H0 no difference between stratum-specific estimates, NK not known.

Studies with less than 50 cases in any stratum were excluded from the stratified analyses leaving 13 studies for analysis in iCOGS data and 27 studies for analysis in OncoArray data. All models are adjusted for reference age, study, ten principal components and former use of MHT. Additionally, when stratified by EPT or ET, models are adjusted for use of any other type of MHT other than the one of interest. Further adjusting for age at menarche (<12, 12, 13, 14, >14), parity (0, 1, 2 and ≥3 live births) and BMI ( < 18.5, 18.5–<20.0, 20.0–<25.0, 25.0–<30.0 and ≥30.0  kg/m2) did not alter these results.