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. 2010 Jan 25;115(19):3923–3929. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-10-249722

Table 2.

Number (%) of cases and controls, Ors, and 95% CIs by leukemia subgroup for MTHFR 677C>T, MTHFR 1298A>C, MTR 2756A>G, SHMT1 1420C>T, TS 1494del6, and TS 28-bp repeat

Controls, n (%) MLL
TEL-AML1
Hyperdiploidy
n (%) OR (95% CI) n (%) OR (95% CI) n (%) OR (95% CI)
Total* 824 34 103 316
MTHFR (677 C>T)
    CC 359 (47.2) 13 (44.8) 1.00 38 (42.2) 1.00 124 (45.9) 1.00
    CT 317 (41.7) 12 (41.4) 1.05 (0.47-2.32) 36 (40.0) 1.07 (0.66-1.73) 117 (43.3) 1.07 (0.80-1.43)
    TT 84 (11.1) 4 (13.8) 1.32 (0.42-4.14) 16 (17.8) 1.80 (0.96-3.38) 29 (10.8) 1.00 (0.63-1.60)
    CC versus CT/TT 401 (52.8) 16 (55.2) 1.10 (0.52-2.32) 52 (57.8) 1.23 (0.79-1.91) 146 (54.1) 1.05 (0.80-1.39)
MTHFR (1298A>C)
    AA 350 (46.1) 16 (55.2) 1.00 56 (62.2) 1.00 137 (50.9) 1.00
    AC 332 (43.7) 8 (27.6) 0.53 (0.22-1.25) 28 (31.1) 0.53 (0.33-0.85)a 109 (40.5) 0.84 (0.63-1.12)
    CC 77 (10.2) 5 (17.2) 1.42 (0.51-1.40) 6 (6.7) 0.49 (0.20-1.17) 23 (8.6) 0.76 (0.46-1.27)
    AA versus AC/CC 409 (53.9) 13 (44.8) 0.70 (0.33-1.47) 34 (37.8) 0.52 (0.33-0.81)b 132 (49.1) 0.82 (0.62-1.09)
SHMT1 (1420C>T)
    CC 351 (46.1) 15 (48.4) 1.00 35 (38.5) 1.00 148 (52.7) 1.00
    CT 318 (41.8) 13 (41.9) 0.96 (0.45-2.04) 44 (48.3) 1.39 (0.87-2.22) 98 (34.9) 0.73 (0.54-0.98)
    TT 92 (12.1) 3 (9.7) 0.76 (0.22-2.69) 12 (13.2) 1.31 (0.65-2.62) 35 (12.4) 0.90 (0.58-1.39)
    CC versus CT/TT 410 (53.9) 16 (51.6) 0.91 (0.45-1.87) 56 (61.5) 1.37 (0.88-2.14) 133 (47.3) 0.77 (0.58-1.01)
TS 28-bp repeat
    2R/2R 181 (23.9) 3 (10.3) 1.00 20 (24.7) 1.00 70 (26.4) 1.00
    2R/3R 368 (48.7) 14 (48.3) 2.30 (0.65-8.09) 40 (49.4) 0.98 (0.56-1.73) 116 (43.8) 0.82 (0.58-1.15)
    3R/3R 205 (27.1) 12 (41.4) 3.53 (0.98-12.71) 21 (25.9) 0.93 (0.49-1.77) 79 (29.8) 1.00 (0.68-1.46)
    2R/2R versus all others 575 (76.1) 26 (89.7) 2.73 (0.82-9.12) 61 (75.3) 0.96 (0.56-1.63) 195 (73.6) 0.88 (0.64-1.21)
TS (1494 del6)
    6-bp+/6-bp+ 373 (49.0) 18 (54.5) 1.00 55 (56.7) 1.00 137 (47.7) 1.00
    6-bp+/6-bp 331 (43.4) 10 (30.3) 0.63 (0.28-1.38) 34 (35.1) 0.70 (0.44-1.10) 114 (39.7) 0.94 (0.70-1.25)
    6-bp/6-bp 58 (7.6) 5 (15.2) 1.79 (0.64-5.00) 8 (8.2) 0.94 (0.42-2.06) 36 (12.6) 1.69 (1.07-2.68)c
    6-bp+/6-bp+ versus 6-bp+/6-bp/6-bp/6-bp 389 (51.0) 15 (45.5) 0.80 (0.40-1.61) 42 (43.3) 0.73 (0.48-1.12) 150 (52.3) 1.05 (0.80-1.38)
MTR 2756 (A>G)
    AA 510 (67.2) 12 (41.4) 1.00 58 (59.8) 1.00 181 (60.5) 1.00
    AG 223 (29.4) 14 (48.3) 2.67 (1.21-5.86)d 34 (35.1) 1.34 (0.85-2.11) 101 (33.8) 1.28 (0.96-1.71)
    GG 26 (3.4) 3 (10.3) 4.90 (1.30-18.45)e 5 (5.1) 1.69 (0.63-4.57) 17 (5.7) 1.84 (0.98-3.47)
    AA versus AG/GG 249 (32.8) 17 (58.6) 2.90 (1.36-6.17)f 39 (40.1) 1.37 (0.88-2.14) 118 (39.1) 1.34 (1.01-1.76)g

OR indicates odds ratio.

*

Total includes cases for whom a result was not available, and varied between single nucleotide polymorphisms.

Includes 3 controls with 3R/4R genotype.

aP = .01, bP = .001, cP = .02, dP = .01, eP = .02, fP = .006, gP = .04.