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. 2013 Jul 19;12:80. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-12-80

Table 5.

Joint effect of HPV16 serology and the combined risk genotypes of TNF-α SNPs on risk of OSCC, stratified by age

Risk groups1
HPV16 status
Patients
Controls
Adjusted OR (95% CI)2
 
 
(n = 325)
(n = 335)
    No. % No. % OSCC SCCOP
Young (aged < 50 years)
 
(n = 87)
(n = 87)
 
 
  Low-risk group

12
13.8
29
33.3
1.0
1.0
  Medium-risk group

19
21.8
35
40.2
1.2 (0.5 − 3.1)
1.1 (0.3 − 4.5)
  High-risk group

24
27.6
13
14.9
4.1 (1.5 − 11.5)
5.5 (1.4 − 21.2)
  Low-risk group
+
7
8.1
5
5.8
4.7 (1.1 − 19.7)
10.1 (2.0 − 52.3)
  Medium-risk group
+
9
10.3
3
3.5
8.9 (1.8 − 43.5)
16.6 (2.9 − 6.1)
  High-risk group
+
16
18.4
2
2.3
22.6 (4.2 − 121.3)
50.7 (7.5 − 341.9)
Older (aged ≥ 50 years)
 
(n = 238)
(n = 248)
 
 
  Low-risk group

49
20.6
52
21.0
1.0
1.0
  Medium-risk group

34
14.3
94
37.9
0.4 (0.2 − 0.7)
0.4 (0.2 − 0.8)
  High-risk group

87
36.6
70
28.2
1.3 (0.8 − 2.2)
1.2 (0.6 − 2.3)
  Low-risk group
+
20
8.4
8
3.2
2.5 (1.0 − 6.2)
3.9 (1.4 − 10.6)
  Medium-risk group
+
14
5.9
18
7.3
0.9 (0.4 − 1.9)
1.6 (0.6 − 3.9)
  High-risk group + 34 14.3 6 2.4 5.7 (2.2 − 15.0) 10.2 (3.6 − 28.4)

1Low-risk group: individuals carrying 0–1 risk genotypes; medium-risk group: individuals carrying 2 risk genotypes; and high-risk group: individuals carrying 3 or 4 risk genotypes.

2 Adjusted for age, sex, and smoking and drinking status.