Review Article

CHEK21100delC Mutation and Risk of Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Characteristics and results of 5 prostate cancer studies.

Carrier/TotalPopulationCountryOR/HR (95% CI) valueRef.

21/3,750Unselected casesPL3.2 (1.4–7.5)0.009[20]
4/412Familial cases5.5 (1.6–19.0)0.01
7/3,956ControlsReference

1/145Without family historySW0.70 (0.07–6.78)0.76[21]
4/254Familial cases1.61 (0.36–7.27)0.53
3/305ControlsReference

7/537Unselected casesFI3.14 (0.65–15.16)0.15[22]
4/120Familial cases8.24 (1.49–45.54)0.02
2/480ControlsReference

4/178CasesUSNANA[23]
1/400Without family historyNANA
1/298Familial casesNANA
0/423ControlsNANA

2/114CasesDE2.3 (0.6–9.5)NA[24]
21/4,094ControlsReference

36/5,124Unselected casesPooled1.98 (1.23–3.18)0.004Combined
13/1,084Familial cases3.39 (1.78–6.47)0.0001
33/9,258ControlsReference

PL: Poland, SW: Sweden, FI: Finland, US: United States, DE: Denmark, NA: not available.