Breast cancer patients with lobular cancer more commonly have a father than a mother diagnosed with cancer

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Table 4 Lobular breast cancer in relation to first degree relatives

	All			No breast cancer in 1^st degree relatives
	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Father	1.84	1.23-2.74	0.003	1.83	1.23-2.74	0.003
Mother	0.98	0.65-1.49	0.93	0.98	0.65-1.49	0.93
Brother	1.05	0.52-2.09	0.90	1.05	0.52-2.09	0.90
Sister	1.20	0.73-1.96	0.47	1.20	0.73-1.96	0.47

Logistic regression model with lobular breast cancer as dependent variable in relation to first degree relatives diagnosed with cancer, adjusted for age at diagnosis. N = 1642.

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