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. 2010 Oct 4;2010:386798. doi: 10.4061/2010/386798

Table 2.

Means of DNA adducts ± standard error (SE) case-control status considering the number of DNA repair risk alleles plus the parameter estimates of the multivariate regression model.

N a Meansb ± S.E.   Odds Ratio C.I. P-value
0-1 risk alleles
Smoking habit
 Nonsmokerc 6 1.7 ± 1.5 1
 Former smoker 12 0.4 ± 0.1 0.08 0.00–9.76 .302
 Smoker <40 years 2 0.3 ± 0.2 0.33 0.00–67.26 .686
 Smoker ≥40 years 5 1.3 ± 1.1 0.16 0.00–27.05 .480
   Status
 Controlsc 13 1.3 ± 0.7 1
 Benign lung disease 4 0.4 ± 0.1 1.23 0.08–19.30 .884
 Lung cancer 8 0.5 ± 0.2 0.43 0.05–4.00 .458

2 risk alleles
Smoking habit
 Nonsmokerc 7 0.4 ± 0.1 1
 Former smoker 10 0.7 ± 0.4 2.46 0.12–50.98 .560
 Smoker <40 years 5 0.8 ± 0.6 0.86 0.03–28.37 .933
 Smoker ≥40 years 9 1.7 ± 0.6 20.91 0.62–709.04 .091
   Status
 Controlsc 12 0.5 ± 0.2 1
 Benign lung disease 7 1.1 ± 0.6 1.11 0.12–10.00 .928
 Lung cancer 12 1.3 ± 0.5 2.39 0.25–22.62 .447

3-4 risk alleles
Smoking habit
 Nonsmokerc 5 0.4 ± 0.2 1
 Former smoker 20 1.7 ± 0.7 9.47 0.52–173.16 .130
 Smoker ≥40 years 9 2.9 ± 1.3 36.38 1.17–1132.84 .040
   Status
 Controlsc 12 1.5 ± 0.6 1
 Benign lung disease 15 2.1 ± 0.9 0.45 0.06–3.69 .460
 Lung cancer 11 2.3 ± 1.1 4.54 0.33–62.93 .259

aSome figures do not add up to the total because of missing values.

bLevels per 108 normal nucleotides.

cReference level.