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. 2012 Mar 1;120(6):879–884. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1104600

Table 3.

Effect modification of DNMT1 and DNMT3B genotypes on the association between ln-transformed cadmium concentrations in urine and for LINE1 methylation levels (n = 172 in all analyses).

Unadjusted analysis Adjusted analysis
Genotype βa (95% CI) p-Valueb βc (95% CI) p-Valued
DNMT1
rs10854076
CC (n = 25) –1.09 (–2.02, –0.15) 0.041 –0.99 (–2.03, 0.059) 0.045
CG (n = 69) –0.96 (–1.68, –0.24) –1.04 (–1.91, –0.17)
GG (n = 78) –0.052 (–0.58, 0.47) –0.053 (–0.61, 0.51)
rs2228611
GG (n = 35) –1.19 (–1.99, –0.40) 0.050 –1.04 (–1.96, –0.12) 0.064
GA (n = 68) –0.38 (–1.07, 0.31) –0.38 (–1.14, 0.38)
AA (n = 69) –0.10 (–0.67, 0.47) –0.13 (–0.75, 0.48)
DNMT3B
rs2424913
CC + CT (n = 15) –1.22 (–3.20, 0.77) 0.39 –1.04 (–3.36, 1.27) 0.38
TT (n = 155) –0.45 (–0.84, –0.064) –0.39 (–0.81, 0.024)
rs2424932
AA + GA (n = 18) –1.36 (–3.12, 0.40) 0.28 –1.43 (–3.39, 0.53) 0.25
GG (n = 152) –0.46 (–0.85, –0.065) –0.39 (–0.81, 0.037)
aPercent LINE1 methylation (stratified for each genotype) = α1 + β1 cadmium. bp-Value interaction from term β3 in the model: percent LINE1 methylation = α1 + β1 genotype + β2 cadmium + β3 (genotype × cadmium). cPercent LINE1 methylation (stratified for each genotype) = α1 + β1 cadmium + β2 age + β3 coca chewing. dp-Value interaction from term β3 in the model: percent LINE1 methylation = α1 + β1 genotype + β2 cadmium + β3 (genotype × cadmium) + β4 age + β5 coca chewing.