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. 2012 Jul 12;33(11):2108–2118. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgs242

Table VI.

Interaction of meat derived mutagens/ mutagenic activity and PTGS2 SNP (rs20417) in the risk of advanced prostate cancer

Exposure (ng/1000 kcal/ day) GG (Co/Ca) G/C (Co/Ca) C/C (Co/Ca) G/G genotype G/C genotype C/C genotype
PGTS2 −765G>C G/G G/C C/C ORa,b 95% CI ORa,b 95% CI ORa,b 95% CI
Marginal effect of rs20417 481/595 237/304 38/36 1.0Ref 1.0 0.9–1.2 1.1 0.7–1.5
Mutagenic activity (number of revertant colonies)
 ≥0 to <1186 164/163 70/98 9/10 1.0Ref 1.4 1.0–1.9 1.9 1.0–3.6
 ≥1186 to <3260 170/206 74/102 10/13 1.3 0.9–1.7 1.5 1.1–2.1 1.8 1.0–3.2
 ≥3260 147/226 93/104 19/13 1.6 1.2–2.2 1.2 0.8–1.6 0.9 0.5–1.5
P trend 0.004 0.246 0.016
P Heterogeneity of trend 0.002
P LR test for interaction 0.008
Mutagenic activity (number of predicted revertant colonies)
 ≥0 to <1305 157/179 77/96 5/8 1.0Ref 1.2 0.8–1.6 1.3 0.7–2.6
 ≥1305 to <3210 177/198 66/112 13/17 1.0 0.7–1.4 1.4 1.0–2.0 2.0 1.1–3.4
 ≥3210 147/218 94/96 20/11 1.3 1.0–1.8 0.9 0.7–1.3 0.6 0.4–1.1
P trend 0.059 0.086 0.011
P Heterogeneity of trend 0.004
P LR test for interaction 0.003
MeIQx
 ≥0 to <7.8 153/166 73/93 8/8 1.0Ref 1.1 0.8–1.6 1.3 0.7–2.4
 ≥7.8 to <21.1 179/198 66/101 12/17 1.0 0.7–1.4 1.4 1.0–1.9 1.9 1.1–3.3
 ≥21.1 149/231 98/110 18/11 1.4 1.0–1.9 1.0 0.7–1.4 0.7 0.4–1.3
P trend 0.028 0.263 0.037
P Heterogeneity of trend 0.010
P LR test for interaction 0.007

aAdjusted for age (years), BMI (<25, 25–29, ≥30), total calorie intake (kcal/day) and family history of PCA (yes/ no).

bOdds ratios are from models with genotype coded as log-additive (i.e., number of C alleles, treated as continuous).