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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Carcinog. 2011 Mar 3;50(11):825–834. doi: 10.1002/mc.20747

Table 5.

Cumulative genetic risk score and HD risk

Cases Controls
n % n % P value OR [95%CI] P value
191 100 215 100
Nucleotide Excision Repair
0–2 26 17 44 21 0.48 Referent
3 42 28 57 27 1.25 [0.67–2.34] 0.49
4+ 83 55 108 52 1.58 [0.83–3.00] 0.17
Base Excision Repair
0–2 133 70 164 76 0.13 Referent
3 48 25 45 21 1.32 [0.53–2.10] 0.25
4 10 5 6 3 1.86 [1.2–5.80] 0.04
Direct reversal of damage
0–1 151 82 177 82
2 28 15 32 15 0.98 [0.56–1.80] 0.95
3 6 3 8 4 0.84 [0.28–2.50] 0.76
Other identified genes on DNA repair function
0–2 94 53 115 53 0.61 Referent
3 57 32 76 35 0.92 [0.60–1.42] 0.70
4+ 26 15 25 12 1.27 [0.69–2.35] 0.44
MDR genes
0–2 82 58 144 69 0.02 Referent
3 35 25 54 26 1.14 [0.69–1.89] 0.62
4 24 17 11 5 3.67 [1.70–7.91] 0.01
P trend=0.03
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Cases and controls were analyzed with adjustment for age, sex, race, and smoking status.