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Breast Cancer
Reports from Baylor College of Medicine, College of Medicine add new data to research in breast cancer
December 4th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Interactions between mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtDNA) variants and the risk of developing breast cancer were investigated using DNA samples collected from non-Jewish European American breast cancer patients and ethnically age-matched female controls. Logistic regression was used to evaluate two-way interactions between 17 mtDNA variants." "To control for multiple testing, empirical P values were calculated using permutation. Odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to measure the contribution of variants in modifying the risk of developing breast cancer. A highly...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-12-04)
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