Table 1

The impact of glycemic traits on breast cancer risk in Breast Cancer Association Consortium using Mendelian randomization

All SNPsInverse variance weighting with multiplicative random effectsMR-EggerWeighted median
OR95% CII2OR95% CIInterceptIntercept
p value
OR95% CI
Glucose (mmol/L) (n=21)1.030.85 to 1.250.7631.020.66 to 1.570.0010.940.990.85 to 1.14
HbA1c (%) (n=32)1.020.73 to 1.450.8431.230.64 to 2.37−0.0040.531.070.86 to 1.33
Type 2 diabetes (n=147)0.980.95 to 1.010.7071.010.95 to 1.08−0.0030.241.020.99 to 1.06
Excluding pleiotropic SNPs
Glucose (mmol/L) (n=11)1.000.81 to 1.230.721.090.69 to 1.71−0.0040.680.940.81 to 1.10
HbA1c (%) (n=19)1.060.91 to 1.230.001.120.85 to 1.49−0.0020.621.060.85 to 1.32
Type 2 diabetes (n=108)0.970.94 to 1.010.5850.900.80 to 1.010.0050.180.970.93 to 1.01
  • SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism.