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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Apr 28;23(7):1017–1029. doi: 10.1007/s10552-012-9967-0

Table 5.

Odds ratios and 95 % CIs for association of sun exposure at ages 13–21 and VDR rs4516035 genotype with risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, overall and by subtype, Mayo case–control study, 2002–2008

VDR
rs4516035
genotype
Sun exposure at 13–21
Ordinal sun OR (95 % CI)b p interactionc
≤3 h/week (reference)
4–7 h/week
8–14 h/week
≥15 h/week
Nco/Nca OR (95 % CI) Nco/Nca OR (95 % CI) Nco/Nca OR (95 % CI) Nco/Nca OR (95 % CI)
All NHL (n = 576)a
 AA 19/14 1.0 (ref) 43/43 1.49 (0.66, 3.38) 142/73 0.70 (0.33, 1.49) 117/40 0.42 (0.19, 0.93) 0.66 (0.53, 0.83)
 AG + GG 39/23 0.83 (0.35, 1.98) 112/74 0.88 (0.41, 1.87) 278/177 0.84 (0.41, 1.73) 235/132 0.71 (0.34, 1.48) 0.92 (0.79, 1.07) 0.0063
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (n = 99)
 AA 19/3 1.00 (ref) 43/6 0.95 (0.21, 4.23) 142/9 0.44 (0.11, 1.77) 117/8 0.46 (0.11, 1.92) 0.70 (0.45, 1.11)
 AG + GG 39/5 0.81 (0.17, 3.77) 112/13 0.77 (0.20, 2.98) 278/28 0.68 (0.19, 2.48) 235/27 0.78 (0.21, 2.86) 1.01 (0.76, 1.34) 0.23
Follicular lymphoma (n = 144)
 AA 19/2 1.00 (ref) 43/10 2.19 (0.43,11.03) 142/28 1.95 (0.43, 8.92) 117/8 0.70 (0.14, 3.58) 0.80 (0.56, 1.16)
 AG + GG 39/3 0.73 (0.11, 4.79) 112/13 1.04 (0.22, 5.04) 278/49 1.70 (0.38, 7.62) 235/31 1.33 (0.29, 6.05) 1.12 (0.86, 1.46) 0.066
Small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia (n = 195)
 AA 19/5 1.00 (ref) 43/12 1.30 (0.39, 4.30) 142/24 0.64 (0.21, 1.94) 117/16 0.43 (0.14, 1.37) 0.65 (0.46, 0.92) 0.33
 AG + GG 39/6 0.66 (0.17, 2.49) 112/31 1.08 (0.36, 3.20) 278/60 0.79 (0.27, 2.25) 235/41 0.57 (0.19, 1.67) 0.83 (0.67, 1.04)
a

Sample size listed are the numbers of subjects with all data available and therefore included in this analysis of interaction

b

All models adjusted for age, gender, and family history of NHL

c

All interaction p values are based upon a likelihood ratio test and treat sun exposure as ordinal