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SUBMITTER: Thompson DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2660245 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thompson Deborah J DJ Healey Catherine S CS Baynes Caroline C Kalmyrzaev Bolot B Ahmed Shahana S Dowsett Mitch M Folkerd Elizabeth E Luben Robert N RN Cox David D Ballinger Dennis D Pharoah Paul D P PD Ponder Bruce A J BA Dunning Alison M AM Easton Douglas F DF
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20081201 12
<h4>Background</h4>Circulating levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) are inversely associated with breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. Three polymorphisms within the SHBG gene have been reported to affect SHBG levels, but there has been no systematic attempt to identify other such variants.<h4>Methods</h4>We looked for associations between SHBG levels in 1,134 healthy, postmenopausal women and 11 tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in or around the SHBG gene. Associatio ...[more]