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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutrigenet Nutrigenomics. 2008 Jun 2;1(4):196–204. doi: 10.1159/000136651

Table 3.

Joint effects of individual and combined SNPs and alcohol intake on colon cancer risk by race

African Americans Whites

Cases/
Controls
OR* 95%CI Cases/
Controls
OR* 95%CI Cases/
Controls
OR* 95%CI Cases/
Controls
OR* 95%CI
Drinker Non-Drinker Drinker Non-Drinker
SHMT 1420
CC 22/18 1.0 Ref 81/129 0.5 0.3, 1.1 52/102 1.0 Ref 95/148 1.3 0.9, 2.0
CT 23/30 0.6 0.3, 1.5 78/98 0.7 0.4, 1.5 57/79 1.4 0.9, 2.3 68/118 1.2 0.7, 1.9
TT 4/12 0.3 0.1, 1.0 23/27 0.8 0.3, 1.8 10/27 0.7 0.3, 1.6 18/42 0.8 0.4, 1.6
CT, TT 27/42 0.5 0.2, 1.2 101/125 0.7 0.4, 1.5 67/106 1.2 0.8, 2.0 86/160 1.1 0.7, 1.7
ICR= 0.66 (95% CI 0.24, 1.08), p= 0.002 ICR= −0.50 (95% CI −1.28, 0.28), p= 0.21
LRT p= 0.04 LRT p= 0.15
MTRR 66
GG 4/3 1.0 Ref 19/23 0.7 0.1, 3.7 37/65 1.0 Ref 60/100 1.1 0.7, 1.9
AG 30/32 0.9 0.2, 4.3 64/91 1.7 0.1, 3.3 64/96 1.2 0.7, 2.0 87/151 1.1 0.7, 1.8
AA 15/25 0.6 0.1, 3.0 99/140 1.7 0.1, 3.4 18/47 0.7 0.3, 1.4 34/57 1.1 0.6, 2.0
AG, AA 45/57 0.7 0.2, 3.6 163/231 0.7 0.2, 3.3 82/143 1.0 0.6, 1.7 121/208 1.1 0.7, 1.7
ICR= 0.26 (95% CI −0.99, 1.51), p= 0.68 ICR= −0.06 (95% CI −0.74, 0.61), p= 0.86
LRT p= 0.73 LRT p= 0.85
MTR 2756
AA 32/40 1.0 Ref 91/136 0.9 0.5, 1.7 79/137 1.0 Ref 124/195 1.1 0.8, 1.6
AG 16/18 1.3 0.5, 2.9 76/105 1.0 0.6, 1.8 37/66 1.0 0.6, 1.6 50/103 0.9 0.6, 1.4
GG 1/2 0.6 0.1, 7.0 15/13 1.4 0.6, 3.5 3/5 1.1 0.2, 4.7 7/10 1.3 0.5, 3.6
AG, GG 17/20 1.2 0.5, 2.7 91/118 1.1 0.6, 1.8 40/71 1.0 0.6, 1.6 57/113 0.9 0.6, 1.4
ICR= −0.08 (95% CI −1.09, 0.94), p= 0.88 ICR= −0.19 (95% CI −0.83, 0.46), p= 0.57
LRT p= 0.90 LRT p= 0.57
# Variant Alleles§
0 or 1 4/5 1.0 Ref 15/28 0.7 0.1, 3.0 8/16 1.0 Ref 27/39 1.4 0.5, 3.7
2 or 3 32/30 1.5 0.4, 6.3 85/132 1.0 0.3, 4.1 68/113 1.2 0.5, 2.9 100/135 1.5 0.6, 3.7
4 or 5 10/22 0.7 0.1, 3.2 76/85 1.3 0.3, 5.3 39/66 1.2 0.5, 3.0 43/121 0.7 0.3, 1.8
6 or more 3/3 1.4 0.2,11.8 6/9 1.1 0.2, 6.0 4/13 0.6 0.3, 2.3 11/13 1.7 0.5, 5.4
LRT p= 0.23 LRT p= 0.06
*

Adjusted for offset terms, age, and gender

§

Includes SNPs listed in table and MTHFR C677T and A1298C; variant allele defined as follows: MTHFR 677:T; MTHFR 1298:C; SHMT 1420:T; MTRR 66:A; and MTR 2756:G.