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Table 1 List of participating studies and number of subjects included in at least one analysis

From: Assessing interactions between the associations of common genetic susceptibility variants, reproductive history and body mass index with breast cancer risk in the breast cancer association consortium: a combined case-control study

Study Acronym

Study Name (Reference)

N(Controls)

N(Cases)

N(ER+/-)†

N(PR+/-)††

ABCFS*

Australian Breast Cancer Family Study [24]

610

1,239

701/358

731/325

BBCC

Bavarian Breast Cancer Cases and Controls [25, 26]

806

1,200

719/264

640/341

BBCS

British Breast Cancer Study [27]

1,242

1,338

0/0

0/0

CGPS*

Copenhagen General Population Study [28, 29]

6,555

1,450

1,088/213

505/358

CNIO-BCS

Spanish National Cancer Centre Breast Cancer Study [30]

649

351

135/49

113/87

GENICA*

Gene Environment Interaction & Breast Cancer in Germany [31]

967

917

675/194

607/260

GESBC*

Genetic Epidemiology Study of Breast Cancer by Age 50 [32]

859

573

281/182

266/188

KBCP

Kuopio Breast Cancer Project [33]

388

430

310/96

253/151

kConFab/AOCS

Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer [34]/Australian Ovarian Cancer Study (controls only) [35]

171

323

128/63

122/48

LMBC

Leuven Multidisciplinary Breast Centre [36, 37]

804

818

624/137

554/205

MARIE*

Mammary Carcinoma Risk Factor Investigation [38]

5,294

2,573

1,998/532

1,681/847

MCBCS

Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer Study [39]

1,045

1,049

764/158

673/244

MCCS*

Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study [40]

749

682

453/170

351/272

NC-BCFR*

Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry [41]

154

266

201/35

172/63

OFBCR*

Ontario Familial Breast Cancer Registry [41]

328

982

578/228

488/304

PBCS*

NCI Polish Breast Cancer Study [42]

2,322

1,937

1,150/597

916/827

SASBAC*

Singapore and Sweden Breast Cancer Study [43]

1,400

1,408

766/209

679/276

SBCS

Sheffield Breast Cancer Study [44]

1,088

970

458/150

170/107

SEARCH

Study of Epidemiology & Risk factors in Cancer Heredity [45]

5,282

6,352

3,438/816

1,655/848

UCIBCS*

UCI Breast Cancer Study [46, 47]

465

795

512/131

436/199

USRT

US Radiologic Technologists Study [48]

1,030

696

0/0

0/0

  1. † Number of cases with estrogen receptor (ER) positive/negative disease, respectively, if known.
  2. †† Number of cases with estrogen receptor (PR) positive/negative disease, respectively, if known.
  3. * Population-based case-control study.
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