Table 3

Personal, clinical and tumoral phenotypic characteristics comparison from both BC and MM pathologies in the four SNPs tested

Tumour

rs4516035

rs2228570

rs731236

rs739837

Type

Characteristic

OR* (95% CI)

p-value

OR* (95% CI)

p-value

OR* (95% CI)

p-value

OR* (95% CI)

p-value


BREAST CANCER


Metastasis

0.53 (0.25–1.11)

0.09

1.00 (0.51–1.96)

0.99

1.20 (0.63–2.27)

0.58

1.11 (0.57–2.17)

0.75

Tumor histology (Invasive)

0.87 (0.57–1.32)

0.51

0.83 (0.54–1.28)

0.40

1.10 (0.72–1.69)

0.66

0.75 (0.49–1.15)

0.19

Tumor grade (Grade > 1)

0.93 (0.67–1.30)

0.68

1.19 (0.84–1.68)

0.33

1.22 (0.87–1.70)

0.26

0.76 (0.54–1.05)

0.09

Tumor size (> 2 cm)

1.02 (0.77–1.35)

0.92

0.98 (0.73–1.30)

0.88

1.14 (0.86–1.51)

0.37

0.81 (0.61–1.08)

0.15

Nodal involvement

0.93 (0.70–1.23)

0.61

0.95 (0.71–1.27)

0.72

0.94 (0.71–1.25)

0.69

1.09 (0.82–1.45)

0.54

ER positive

0.96 (0.66–1.41)

0.85

1.24 (0.84–1.84)

0.28

1.31 (0.90–1.90)

0.16

1.02 (0.71–1.46)

0.91

PR positive

0.92 (0.67–1.26)

0.60

1.12 (0.80–1.55)

0.51

0.91 (0.67–1.24)

0.56

1.12 (0.83–1.51)

0.48


MELANOMA


Light Eye Colour+

1.03 (0.79–1.34)

0.82

0.91 (0.69–1.21)

0.52

0.92 (0.70–1.21)

0.56

1.06 (0.81–1.39)

0.64

Blond/Red Hair Colour+

0.99 (0.71–1.40)

0.99

0.78 (0.55–1.13)

0.19

1.02 (0.73–1.44)

0.89

1.45 (0.89–1.74)

0.20

Fair Skin Colour+

0.97 (0.75–1.26)

0.83

1.08 (0.82–1.42)

0.57

0.86 (0.66–1.12)

0.25

1.31 (1.00–1.70)

0.048

N° of Nevi = 50+

0.97 (0.66–1.40)

0.85

1.00 (0.67–1.49)

0.99

1.06 (0.72–1.54)

0.77

1.34 (0.90–1.97)

0.15

Presence of Lentigines+

1.03 (0.79–1.34)

0.84

0.79 (0.59–1.05)

0.11

1.20 (0.91–1.58)

0.21

0.90 (0.69–1.18)

0.45

Presence of Childhood Sunburns+

1.12 (0.87–1.45)

0.39

0.65 (0.49–0.86)

0.003

1.10 (0.84–1.43)

0.49

0.91 (0.70–1.19)

0.50

Other MM

1.26 (0.52–3.03)

0.61

2.43 (0.95–6.19)

0.060

1.83 (0.73–4.56)

0.19

0.70 (0.26–1.85)

0.47

Fitzpatrick's photoype I/II

0.74 (0.51–1.09)

0.13

0.85 (0.63–1.46)

0.89

0.91 (0.62–1.34)

0.63

1.43 (0.97–2.12)

0.070

Tumor Location (Head/Neck/Trunk)

1.54 (1.08–2.20)

0.020

1.16 (0.79–1.72)

0.45

1.16 (0.81–1.65)

0.42

1.17 (0.82–1.67)

0.38

Breslow Index (T2/T3/T4)

1.04 (0.72–1.51)

0.82

1.20 (0.80–1.79)

0.38

0.84 (0.57–1.24)

0.38

1.01 (0.69–1.47)

0.96


*OR: Odds Ratio per minor allele; CI: Confidence Interval, unadjusted p-values.

+Cases and controls pooled for each variable.

Cases only considered.

Statistically significant results (p < 0.05) indicated in bold.

Barroso et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:385   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-385

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