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. 2024 Mar 14;22:120. doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03305-2

Table 3.

Sex-stratified results of HNSCC PRS with significant associations in the UK Biobank

Phenotype description Male (n= 140,232) Female (n= 168,260) Sex-interaction
No. of cases (%) OR per SD increase (95% CI) P-value OR per SD increase (95% CI) P-value P-value for interaction
HNSCC PRS
 Tobacco use disorder 20,599 (6.7%) 1.06 (1.04–1.08) 3.06 × 10−8 1.07 (1.04–1.09) 1.26 × 10−8 .207
 Alcoholism 9636 (3.1%) 1.06 (1.03–1.09) 1.44 × 10−5 1.07 (1.03–1.11) 9.08 × 10−5 .886
 Alcohol-related disorders 6015 (1.9%) 1.08 (1.05–1.12) 5.95 × 10−7 1.07 (1.02–1.13) 4.35 × 10−3 .830
 Emphysema 2096 (0.7%) 1.10 (1.04–1.16) 1.50 × 10−3 1.13 (1.05–1.21) 9.79 × 10−4 .470
 Chronic airway obstruction 9151 (3.0%) 1.04 (1.02–1.08) 2.95 × 10−3 1.05 (1.02–1.09) 2.94 × 10−3 .591
 Cancer of bronchus; lung 2781 (0.9%) 1.10 (1.05–1.16) 2.74 × 10−4 1.06 (1.00–1.12) 4.04 × 10−2 .365

Analyses were adjusted by age, genotype array, and PC 1 to 10

Abbreviations: HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, OC oral cavity cancer, OPC oropharynx cancer, PRS polygenic risk score, SD standard deviation, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, PC principal component