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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2012 Feb 1;66(3):353–359. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.2

Table 4.

The risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction by ELOVL polymorphism

SNP OR (95% CI) a P-valueb
rs10498676 (ELOVL2)
    Costa Rica Study (n = 3300) 1.01 (0.90, 1.13) 0.88
    NHS (n = 1200) 0.96 (0.76, 1.20) 0.70
    HPFS (n = 1295) 1.12 (0.92, 1.36) 0.28
rs3734397 (ELOVL2)
    Costa Rica Study (n = 3300) 0.98 (0.87, 1.11) 0.77
    NHS (n = 1200) 1.09 (0.88, 1.34) 0.43
    HPFS (n = 1295) 0.92 (0.76, 1.11) 0.39
rs17239120 (ELOVL4)
    Costa Rica Study (n = 3300) 0.95 (0.81, 1.11) 0.51
    NHS (n = 1200) 0.94 (0.66, 1.34) 0.74
    HPFS (n = 1295) 0.94 (0.66, 1.32) 0.71
rs17544464 (ELOVL5)
    Costa Rica Study (n = 3300) 0.87 (0.77, 0.98) 0.02
    NHS (n = 1200) 1.35 (0.94, 1.93) 0.10
    HPFS (n = 1295) 0.91 (0.63, 1.30) 0.59
rs2115564 (ELOVL5)
    Costa Rica Study (n = 3300) 0.91 (0.83, 1.01) 0.07
    NHS (n = 1200) 0.97 (0.82, 1.16) 0.77
    HPFS (n = 1295) 0.97 (0.82, 1.14) 0.70
rs2294867 (ELOVL5)
    Costa Rica Study (n = 3300) 0.94 (0.85, 1.03) 0.20
    NHS (n = 1200) 1.03 (0.86, 1.24) 0.76
    HPFS (n = 1295) 1.05 (0.89, 1.25) 0.56
rs761179 (ELOVL5)
    Costa Rica Study (n = 3300) 1.06 (0.94, 1.18) 0.35
    NHS (n = 1200) 0.96 (0.80, 1.15) 0.66
    HPFS (n = 1295) 1.07 (0.90, 1.27) 0.45

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HPFS, Health Professionals Follow-Up Study; NHS, Nurses’ Health Study; OR, odds ratio.

a

All odds ratios were estimated using additive models. Models fit to the Costa Rican data were adjusted for age/sex/residence (by matching) and ancestry. Models fit to the NHS and the HPFS data were adjusted for sex (by restriction) and age.

b

Unadjusted for multiple comparisons.