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Official Journal of the Human Genome Organisation

Table 6 Association between BRCA mutation carriers and breast cancer pathology

From: Clinical and pathological characteristics of Chinese patients with BRCA related breast cancer

 

BRCA mutations

Non-carriers (n = 198)*

Carriers (n = 28)*

  

Unadjusted

n

Row %

n

Row %

χ2

P-value

OR†

95% CI

Age first diagnosed to have breast cancer

Age group:

≤40

 Without FH

22

91.7

2

8.3

  

1.00**

 

 With FH

52

78.8

14

21.2

2.00

0.22

2.96

(0.62, 14.14)

 Without bilateral cancer

63

85.1

11

14.9

  

1.00**

 

 With bilateral cancer

11

68.8

5

31.2

2.42

0.15

2.60

(0.76, 8.96)

 Non TN‡

46

83.6

9

16.4

  

1.00**

 

 TN‡

17

63.0

10

37.0

4.35

0.037

3.01

(1.04, 8.67)

41–45

 Without FH

12

100.0

0

0.0

  

1.00**

 

 With FH

38

92.7

3

7.3

0.93

1.00

 Without bilateral cancer

42

97.7

1

2.3

  

1.00**

 

 With bilateral cancer

8

80.0

2

20.0

4.75

0.088 #

10.50

(0.85, 130.07)

 Non TN‡

33

97.1

1

2.9

  

1.00**

 

 TN‡

10

83.3

2

16.7

2.74

0.16

6.60

(0.54, 80.61)

46–50

 Without FH

11

91.7

1

8.3

  

1.00**

 

 With FH

27

87.1

4

12.9

0.18

1.00

1.63

(0.16, 16.27)

 Without bilateral cancer

29

90.6

3

9.4

  

1.00**

 

 With bilateral cancer

9

81.8

2

18.2

0.62

0.59

2.15

(0.31, 14.94)

 Non TN‡

23

85.2

4

14.8

  

1.00**

 

 TN‡

10

100.0

0

0.0

1.66

0.56

>50

 Without FH

8

100.0

0

0.0

  

1.00**

 

 With FH

27

90.0

3

10.0

0.87

1.00

 Without bilateral cancer

22

88.0

3

12.0

  

1.00**

 

 With bilateral cancer

13

100.0

0

0.0

1.69

0.54

 Non TN‡

29

96.7

1

3.3

  

1.00**

 

 TN‡

8

80.0

2

20.0

3.00

0.15

7.25

(0.58, 90.55)

Without bilateral cancer

 Without FH

44

95.7

2

4.3

  

1.00**

 

 With FH

113

86.9

17

13.1

2.69

0.16

3.31

(0.73, 14.92)

With bilateral cancer

 Without FH

9

90.0

1

10.0

  

1.00**

 

 With FH

32

80.0

8

20.0

0.54

0.67

2.25

(0.25, 20.44)

Non triple negative (ER/PR/Cerb2)‡:

 Without FH

35

100.0

0

0.0

  

1.00**

 

 With FH

96

86.5

15

13.5

5.27

0.022

Had triple negative (ER/PR/Cerb2)‡:

 Without FH

16

88.9

2

11.1

  

1.00**

 

 With FH

29

70.7

12

29.3

2.28

0.19

1.26

(0.97, 1.62)

 No FH and non TN

35

100.0

0

0.0

    

 No FH and TN

16

88.9

2

11.1

    

 FH and non TN

96

86.5

15

13.5

    

 FH and TN

29

70.7

12

29.3

13.66

0.003

With family history

 Non TN

96

86.5

15

13.5

  

1.00**

 

 TN

29

70.7

12

29.3

5.09

0.024

2.65

(1.12, 6.29)

  1. Bold figure: P-value <0.05; # mean marginally significant
  2. * Values may not sum to 100% because of missing data
  3. ** Referent
  4. ‡ Includes 41 bilateral cancers in non-mutation carriers (14%) and 9 bilateral cancers in mutation carriers (24%)
  5. † Univariate Odd Ratios comparing “Carriers” versus “Non-carriers” (reference group)