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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Feb 14;133(2):785–792. doi: 10.1007/s10549-012-1972-1

Table 2.

Relation of alcohol intake and alcohol metabolism genotype to breast cancer incidence

Daily alcohol intake or
alcohol metabolism genotype
Controls
N, %
Cases
N, %
Minimally
adjusted hazard
ratio (95%CL)*
Fully adjusted
hazard ratio
(95% CL)**

Daily servings of alcohol
   None (n, %) 202, 18.9 146, 14.0 1.00 1.00
   >0–0.99 (n, %) 604, 56.5 604, 58.0 1.34 (1.04, 1.73) 1.31 (1.01, 1.71)
   1.00–1.99 (n, %) 80, 7.5 99, 9.5 1.64 (1.12, 2.39) 1.54 (1.04, 2.28)
   2.00–2.99 (n, %) 32, 3.0 43, 4.1 1.77 (1.05, 2.97) 1.75 (1.02, 3.00)
   3.00+ (n, %) 25, 2.3 35, 3.4 2.01 (1.14, 3.53) 2.00 (1.11, 3.61)

Alcohol servings/day (quintile)
   0–<0.001 202, 18.9 146, 14.0 1.00 1.00
   0.001–<0.032 262, 24.5 243, 23.3 1.28 (0.96, 1.71) 1.27 (0.94, 1.71)
   0.032–<0.111 200, 18.7 217, 20.9 1.41 (1.05, 1.90) 1.38 (1.01, 1.89)
   0.111–<0.672 172, 16.1 176, 16.9 1.35 (0.99, 1.85) 1.31 (0.95, 1.82)
   0.672+ 107, 10.0 145, 13.9 1.82 (1.30, 2.56) 1.74 (1.22, 2.47)

ADH1B genotype
   GG 960, 89.7 917, 88.1 1.00 1.00
   GA 80, 7.5 91, 8.7 1.41 (1.00, 1.99) 1.31 (0.91, 1.87)
   AA 26, 2.4 26, 2.5 1.46 (0.58, 3.67) 1.58 (0.59, 4.23)
   GA or AA 106, 9.9 117, 11.2 1.41 (1.00, 1.99) 1.31 (0.92, 1.88)

ADH1C genotype
   GG 164, 15.3 173, 16.6 1.05 (0.81, 1.37) 1.04 (0.79, 1.37)
   GA 465, 43.5 427, 41.0 0.87 (0.71, 1.06) 0.86 (0.70, 1.05)
   AA 423, 39.5 425, 40.8 1.00 1.00

CYP2E1 genotype
   CC 974, 91.0 957, 91.9 1.00 1.00
   CT 70, 6.5 64, 6.2 0.88 (0.59, 1.31) 0.81 (0.54, 1.23)
   TT 4, 0.4 7, 0.7 1.91 (0.57, 6.39) 1.70 (0.49, 5.94)
   CT or TT 74, 6.9 71, 6.8 0.95 (0.66, 1.37) 0.87 (0.60, 1.28)
*

adjusted for age at baseline, year of baseline, race and ethnicity

**

adjusted for age at baseline, year of baseline, race and ethnicity, age at menarche, age at menopause, parity, age at first live birth, family history of breast cancer, personal history of benign breast disease