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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2008 Apr 1;68(7):2498–2506. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-5165

Table 2.

Multivariable-adjusted* odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) between selected polymorphisms in genes in the one-carbon metabolism pathway and ovarian cancer risk among 1,770 Caucasian subjects, Mayo Clinic, MN and Duke University, NC, 1999–2006

Homozygotes common allele (Referent) Heterozygotes Homozygotes rarer allele Ordinal (Per rare allele)

Gene/SNP rsID Cases Controls Cases Controls OR (95% CI) Cases Controls OR (95% CI) 2df P OR (95% CI) P trend
AHCYL1
 17668350 684 806 141 127 1.4 (1.0–1.8) 3 8 0.4 (0.1–1.7) 0.04 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 0.11
DNMT3A
 13420827 552 602 234 308 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 38 28 1.5 (0.9–2.6) 0.03 1.0 (0.8–1.1) 0.68
DPYD
 1801265 463 585 321 318 1.3 (1.0–1.6) 44 38 1.4 (0.9–2.2) 0.04 1.2 (1.0–1.5) 0.01
MTHFD1
 1950902 552 586 250 306 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 17 37 0.5 (0.3–0.9) 0.06 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 0.04
 2236225 229 288 421 481 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 174 166 1.3 (1.0–1.8) 0.15 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 0.05
 11849530 508 512 273 375 0.7 (0.6–0.9) 48 53 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 0.02 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 0.03
MTHFS
 17284990 502 557 262 338 0.9 (0.7–1.1) 64 45 1.6 (1.1–2.5) 0.01 1.1 (0.9–1.2) 0.49
SHMT1
 9909104 437 539 317 340 1.2 (0.9–1.4) 73 61 1.5 (1.0–2.2) 0.09 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 0.02
SLC19A1
 3788205 422 434 331 409 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 75 98 0.8 (0.5–1.1) 0.10 0.9 (0.7–1.0) 0.04
TYMS
 495139 282 352 390 449 1.1 (0.8–1.3) 154 140 1.4 (1.0–1.8) 0.10 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 0.05
*

Adjusted for age (<40, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70+), state (MN, IA, WI, IL, ND/SD, NC), BMI in kg/m2 (<23, 23–25.9, 26–28.9, 29+), postmenopausal hormone use (never, 1–60 months, 60+ months), oral contraceptive use (never, 1–48 months, 48+ months) and parity/age at first birth (nulliparous, 1–2/≤20 y, 1–2/>20 y, 3+/≤20 y, 3+/>20 y).