BMI (<25kg/m2)

BMI (25-29.9kg/m2)

BMI (≥30kg/m2)

 Genes

Methylated/ Unmethylated

OR

95% CI

 

Methylated/ Unmethylated

OR

95% CI

 

Methylated/ Unmethylated

OR

95% CI

APC

110/106

1.00

reference

90/89

0.97

(0.65, 1.45)

76/71

1.03

(0.68, 1.57)

BRCA1

127/102

1.00

reference

117/76

1.24

(0.84, 1.82)

86/73

0.95

(0.63, 1.42)

CDH1

16/193

1.00

reference

11/156

0.86

(0.39, 1.91)

6/143

0.50

(0.19, 1.31)

CYCLIND2

43/166

1.00

reference

40/127

1.20

(0.73, 1.97)

33/116

1.15

(0.69, 1.93)

DAPK

29/180

1.00

reference

26/141

1.13

(0.64, 2.01)

27/122

1.43

(0.81, 2.55)

ESR1

106/122

1.00

reference

81/110

0.85

(0.58, 1.25)

78/81

1.11

(0.74, 1.66)

GSTP1

55/154

1.00

reference

46/121

1.06

(0.67, 1.67)

42/107

1.12

(0.70, 1.79)

HIN

118/91

1.00

reference

112/55

1.57

(1.03, 2.39)

97/52

1.44

(0.94, 2.23)

CDKN2A

7/202

1.00

reference

9/164

1.67

(0.61, 4.61)

6/137

1.28

(0.42, 3.89)

PR

34/196

1.00

reference

21/172

0.70

(0.39, 1.25)

15/144

0.60

(0.31, 1.14)

RARB

64/145

1.00

reference

49/118

0.93

(0.60, 1.46)

37/112

0.76

(0.47, 1.23)

RASSF1A

176/33

1.00

reference

146/21

1.28

(0.71, 2.32)

122/27

0.86

(0.49, 1.52)

TWIST

36/173

1.00

reference

 

30/137

1.05

(0.61, 1.79)

 

22/127

0.84

(0.47, 1.51)

 

Table 1: Age-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between postmenopausal body mass index (BMI) and breast cancer, as defined by gene-specific promoter methylation (comparing methylated vs. unmethylated cases), Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project (1996-1997).