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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 May 25;19(6):1492–1497. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-1195

Table 2.

Estimated percent changes and 95% CIs in DNA adducts in lung and blood MNC per 1010 nucleotides by GSTs polymorphisms and NAT2 activity

DNA adduct in lung
DNA adduct in blood MNC
n (%) Adjusted GM (95% CI) %change (95% CI) n (%) Adjusted GM(95% CI) %change (95% CI)
GSTM1
  Null 56 (43.8) 173.9 (100.9 to 299.7) 150.3 (35.4 to 362.6)** 24 (46.1) 88.2 (33.5 to 231.9) 267.4 (28.2 to 952.9)**
  Wild-type 72 (56.2) 69.5 (41.1 to 117.3) Reference 28 (53.9) 24.0 (8.9 to 64.4) Reference
GSTP1
    AG or GG 57 (48.3) 115.1 (65.9 to 201.0) 9.7 (-40.7 to 103.0) 27 (54.0) 67.5 (22.5 to 202.7) 115.4 (-30.1 to 564.1)
    AA 62 (51.7) 104.9 (63.0 to 174.8) Reference 23 (46.0) 31.3 (12.9 to 76.1) Reference
GSTT1
  Null 17 (14.0) 119.7 (53.0 to 270.5) 18.6 (-50.5 to 184.0) 5 (9.4) 57.2 (12.1 to 269.8) 54.6 (-68.2 to 652.1)
  Wild-type 104 (86.0) 100.9 (73.0 to 139.5) Reference 48 (90.6) 37.0 (21.8 to 62.7) Reference
NAT2 activity
  Slow 48 (58.5) 144.9 (87.1 to 241.2) 73.9 (-3.2 to 212.4)* 23 (67.7) 39.0 (16.6 to 91.8) -28.2 (-70.5 to 74.8)
  Rapid 34 (41.5) 83.3 (48.5 to 143.2) Reference 11 (32.3) 54.3 (20.0 to 147.4) Reference
*

P < 0.1

**

P < 0.05

***P < 0.01

Note: Coefficients are expressed as percent changes in aromatic DNA adducts-associated GST polymorphisms and NAT2 activity adjusted for age at diagnosis, sex, smoking status, pack years, and GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1, and NAT2 gene.

Adjusted for age at diagnosis, sex, smoking status, pack years, and GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1, and NAT2 gene.