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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2011 Feb 10;35(4):362–368. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.01.005

Table 4.

Interactions between green tea and gene polymorphism.

Cases
N
Controls
N
cOR &95%CI aOR &95%CIa
Green tea drinking ALDH2 rs886205
 Ever C/C 49 135 Ref Ref
 Ever C/T or T/T 17 35 1.34 (0.69–2.60) 1.10 (0.50–2.40)
 Never C/C 84 169 1.37 (0.90–2.08) 1.39 (0.79–2.43)
 Never C/T or T/T 22 36 1.68 (0.90–3.14) 2.28 (1.03–5.03)
 OR for interaction 0.92 (0.38–2.24) 1.50 (0.52–4.37)
Green tea drinking IL-10 rs1800871
 Ever T/T or C/T 62 140 Ref Ref
 Ever C/C 3 24 0.28 (0.08–0.97) 0.21 (0.05–0.83)
 Never T/T or C/T 82 183 1.01 (0.68–1.50) 1.17 (0.68–2.00)
 Never C/C 19 15 2.86 (1.37–5.99) 3.17 (1.29–7.79)
 OR for interaction 10.01 (2.39–41.97) 13.14 (2.60–66.52)
Green tea drinking IL-10 rs1800872
 Ever A/A or A/C 57 136 Ref Ref
 Ever C/C 2 21 0.23 (0.05–1.00) 0.18 (0.04–0.95)
 Never A/A or A/C 77 177 1.04 (0.69–1.56) 1.18 (0.68–2.043)
 Never C/C 14 13 2.57 (1.14–5.81) 2.81 (1.08–7.28)
 OR for interaction 10.89 (2.02–58.77) 13.13 (1.98–86.94)
Green tea drinking IL-10 rs1800896
 Ever A/A 53 125 Ref Ref
 Ever A/G or G/G 7 40 0.41 (0.17–0.98) 0.35 (0.13–0.92)
 Never A/A 79 153 1.22 (0.80–1.86) 1.40 (0.80–2.48)
 Never A/G or G/G 19 37 1.21 (0.64–2.30) 1.20 (0.54–2.67)
 OR for interaction 2.41 (0.83–6.97) 2.46 (0.72–8.43)
a

Adjusted for age, gender, education, income, BMI, family history, pack-year, alcohol drinking and HBsAg.