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. 2007 Dec 19;7:228. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-7-228

Table 4.

Ratios of total meat to total fruit, berry and vegetable intake and the risk of colorectal carcinomas and adenomas by GST and EPHX1 genotypes

OR (95% CI)a (Ncases/Ncontrols)
Case group Ratio of total meat to total fruit, berry and vegetable intakeb GSTM1 GSTP1 Ile105Val EPHX1 Tyr113His EPHX1 His139Arg

Present Null Ile/Ile Ile/Val+Val/Val Tyr/Tyr Tyr/His+His/His His/His His/Arg+Arg/Arg

Carcinomas Q1 1 (ref) (11/39) 1 (ref) (11/36) 1 (ref) (7/32) 1 (ref) (15/43) 1 (ref) (10/33) 1 (ref) (10/42) 1 (ref) (9/51) 1 (ref) (11/24)
Q2 0.84 (0.20–3.47) (11/33) 2.99 (0.85–10.5) (18/40) 2.01 (0.53–7.67) (16/27) 1.52 (0.43–5.35) (13/46) 3.28 (0.63–17.0) (17/29) 1.65 (0.51–5.41) (12/44) 4.67 (1.21–18.0) (17/48) 0.69 (0.17–2.89) (12/25)
Q3 1.05 (0.31–3.57) (19/43) 2.39 (0.63–9.02) (18/32) 1.85 (0.48–7.18) (15/31) 1.22 (0.36–4.13) (22/44) 2.59 (0.47–14.3) (18/36) 1.34 (0.40–4.42) (17/39) 2.78 (0.71–11.0) (20/45) 0.63 (0.16–2.55) (14/30)
Q4 0.49 (0.10–2.41) (12/33) 0.78 (0.19–3.23) (8/42) 1.61 (0.41–6.40) (13/28) 0.11 (0.01–0.88) (7/47) 0.70 (0.11–4.59) (7/33) 0.63 (0.16–2.52) (11/42) 0.90 (0.20–4.13) (10/46) 0.34 (0.07–1.72) (8/29)
Ptrend = 0.55 Ptrend = 0.51 Ptrend = 0.58 Ptrend = 0.10 Ptrend = 0.56 Ptrend = 0.51 Ptrend = 0.74 Ptrend = 0.21
High-risk Adenomas Q1 1 (ref) (11/39) 1 (ref) (11/36) 1 (ref) (9/32) 1 (ref) (13/43) 1 (ref) (5/33) 1 (ref) (17/42) 1 (ref) (15/51) 1 (ref) (7/24)
Q2 3.52 (1.26–9.85) (32/33) 2.05 (0.80–5.26) (23/40) 2.54 (0.85–7.54) (20/27) 2.67 (1.09–6.51) (35/46) 8.98 (2.54–31.8) (33/29) 1.26 (0.52–3.05) (22/44) 2.55 (1.05–6.24) (29/48) 2.68 (0.88–8.19) (26/25)
Q3 1.49 (0.53–4.21) (22/43) 1.57 (0.59–4.20) (23/32) 1.32 (0.42–4.16) (12/31) 1.42 (0.57–3.56) (33/44) 3.38 (0.90–12.75) (16/36) 1.08(0.45–2.63) (29/39) 2.00 (0.81–4.94) (31/45) 0.93 (0.28–3.10) (14/30)
Q4 1.83 (0.59–5.63) (19/33) 1.91 (0.74–4.92) (32/42) 1.89 (0.60–5.95) (16/28) 1.68 (0.67–4.19) (35/47) 3.65 (1.00–13.3) (21/33) 1.44 (0.59–3.52) (30/42) 1.94 (0.77–4.88) (31/46) 1.65 (0.52–5.26) (20/29)
Ptrend = 0.81 Ptrend = 0.34 Ptrend = 0.59 Ptrend = 0.74 Ptrend = 0.67 Ptrend = 0.51 Ptrend = 0.33 Ptrend = 0.94
Low-risk adenomas Q1 1 (ref) (36/39) 1 (ref) (54/36) 1 (ref) (44/32) 1 (ref) (46/43) 1 (ref) (38/33) 1 (ref) (52/42) 1 (ref) (57/51) 1 (ref) (33/24)
Q2 2.62 (1.28–5.35) (65/33) 1.32 (0.70–2.48) (77/40) 1.38 (0.67–2.83) (52/27) 2.02 (1.08–3.77) (90/46) 2.65 (1.28–5.46) (83/29) 1.15 (0.61–2.14) (59/44) 1.67 (0.94–2.98) (82/48) 1.86 (0.83–4.15) (60/25)
Q3 1.89 (0.96–3.74) (81/43) 1.63 (0.85–3.12) (94/32) 1.42 (0.71–2.85) (70/31) 1.86 (1.00–3.47) (105/44) 2.07 (1.02–4.20) (93/36) 1.36 (0.73–2.54) (82/39) 1.64 (0.91–2.93) (97/45) 1.70 (0.78–3.71) (78/30)
Q4 1.89 (0.90–3.98) (80/33) 1.06 (0.55–2.04) (88/42) 1.25 (0.60–2.65) (74/28) 1.43 (0.75–2.73) (94/47) 1.57 (0.74–3.35) (90/33) 1.23 (0.65–2.33) (79/42) 1.52 (0.83–2.79) (111/46) 1.13 (0.50–2.56) (58/29)
Ptrend = 0.25 Ptrend = 0.80 Ptrend = 0.55 Ptrend = 0.48 Ptrend = 0.49 Ptrend = 0.46 Ptrend = 0.22 Ptrend = 0.98

a OR adjusted for age, gender, smoking dose and alcohol consumption.

b Quartiles of ratio of total meat to total fruit, berry and vegetable intake, per day: ≤ 0.19, >0.19 and ≤ 0.38, > 0.38 and ≤ 0.71, > 0.71.

ref: The combination served as a reference.