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Table 6 Therapeutic and spontaneous abortions among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations carriers

From: Spontaneous and therapeutic abortions and the risk of breast cancer among BRCAmutation carriers

 

Cases

Controls

OR (95% CI)

P value

BRCA1 carriers

    

   Neither

887

888

1

 

   Therapeutic only

135

144

0.98 (0.74–1.26)

0.82

   Spontaneous only

233

221

1.09 (0.87–1.35)

0.46

   Either

368

365

1.04 (0.87–1.59)

0.69

   Both

57

58

1.06 (0.71–1.59)

0.78

BRCA2 carriers

    

   Neither

253

216

1

 

   Therapeutic only

42

50

0.68 (0.42–1.11)

0.12

   Spontaneous only

76

92

0.78 (0.55–1.11)

0.16

   Either

118

142

0.75 (0.55–1.02)

0.06

   Both

9

22

0.36 (0.14–0.88)

0.02

  1. Odds ratios adjusted for age at menarche, parity, age of first birth, oral contraceptive use (ever/never) and oophorectomy (ever/never).