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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 May 25;19(6):1484–1491. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0030

Table 2.

SPM risk associated with FAS and FASLG polymorphisms after index SCCH

Genotypes Total (No. =1,286) SPM-free (No. =1,166) SPM (No. =120) Pa HR(95% CI)b

No. % No. % No. %
FAS -1377G>A
 GG (Ref.c) 1,023 79.6 927 79.5 96 80.0
 GA+AA 263 20.4 239 20.5 24 20.0 0.879 0.87 (0.56–1.36)
FAS -670A>G
 AA (Ref.c) 333 25.9 313 26.8 20 16.7
 AG+GG 953 74.1 853 73.2 100 83.3 0.014 1.57 (1.00–2.54)
FASLG -844C>T
 CC (Ref.c) 511 39.7 476 40.8 35 29.2
 CT+TT 775 60.3 690 59.2 85 70.8 0.038 1.71 (1.15–2.54)
FASLG -124A>G
 AA (Ref.c) 981 76.3 889 76.2 92 76.7
 AG+GG 305 23.7 277 23.8 28 23.3 0.458 1.15 (0.75–1.77)
a

χ2 test for differences in the distributionof FAS and FASLG genotypes between the patients who developed SPM and the patients who did not.

b

Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking in a Cox model.

c

Ref. = reference group.