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Table 2 Breast cancer risk factors by CYP17 genotype (BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers excluded)

From: CYP17genetic polymorphism, breast cancer, and breast cancer risk factors: Australian Breast Cancer Family Study

Factor

Premenopausal (n = 529)

Postmenopausal (n = 150)

Pooled (pre- and postmenopausal) (n = 679)

CYP17 genotype...

A 1/A 1

A 1/A 2 and A 2/A 2

A 1/A 1

A 1/A 2 and A 2/A 2

A 1/A 1

A 1/A 2 and A 2/A 2

Age at menarche

      

   <13 years

95 (48)

112 (34)**

28 (42)

35 (42)

123 (46)

147 (36)***

   ≥13 years

105 (52)

216 (66)

38 (58)

49 (58)

143 (54)

265 (64)

Age at first birth

      

   <25 years

52 (37)

93 (40)

37 (61)

40 (54)

89 (44)

133 (43)

   ≥25 years

89 (63)

142 (60)

24 (39)

34 (46)

113 (56)

176 (57)

Ever use oral contraceptives

      

   No

12 (6)

20 (6)

    

   Yes

189 (94)

308 (94)

    

Family history of breast cancer

      

   No

189 (94)

309 (94)

60 (91)

78 (93)

249 (93)

387 (94)

   Yes

12 (6)

19 (6)

6 (9)

6 (7)

18 (7)

25 (6)

Age at menopause

      

   <48 years

  

40 (61)

45 (54)

  

   ≥48 years

  

26 (39)

39 (46)

  

Ever use HRT

      

   No

  

28 (42)

33 (48)

  

   Yes

  

38 (58)

51 (61)

  
  1. Data are presented as n (%). **P = 0.002, ***P = 0.006. Information on difficulty getting pregnant was unavailable. HRT, hormone replacement therapy.