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. 2013 Dec 10;8(12):e82750. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082750

Table 2. Radiaton and chemotherapy pathway gene polymorphisms and survival in patients with NPC treated with cisplatin/5-FU based CRT.

Pathway a Gene SNP Genotype Overall survival
Progression-free survival
Dead/Alive HR (95%CI) b P b Q Failure/No HR (95%CI) b P b Q
R+D FGFR4 rs351855
CC 32/81 Ref 40/73 Ref
CT 59/152 0.952 (0.704-1.288) 0.751 72/139 0.983 (0.668-1.448) 0.933
TT 21/68 0.824 (0.558-1.216) 0.330 22/67 0.680 (0.404-1.144) 0.680
CT/TT 80/220 0.916 (0.686-1.223) 0.551 94/206 0.890 (0.615-1.289) 0.539
Model-free test c 0.608 0.578 0.273 0.428
D+F ERCC1 rs3212986
CC 78/196 Ref 104/170 Ref
CA 27/82 0.842 (0.542-1.306) 0.442 25/84 0.567 (0.366-0.878) 0.011
AA 8/24 1.049 (0.505-2.177) 0.898 7/25 0.597 (0.277-1.284) 0.186
CA/AA 35/106 0.882 (0.591-1.316) 0.538 32/109 0.573 (0.385-0.853) 0.006
Model-free test c 0.721 0.578 0.023 0.105
D+F ERCC2 rs1799793
GG 104/263 Ref 123/244 Ref
AG 7/37 0.683 (0.317-1.470) 0.785 10/34 0.727 (0.381-1.387) 0.333
AA 1/4 1.315 (0.183-9.473) 0.329 1/4 0.823 (0.115-5.901) 0.846
AG/AA 8/41 0.726 (0.353-1.494) 0.384 11/38 0.735 (0.396-1.364) 0.329
Model-free test c 0.590 0.578 0.617 0.641
D+F ERCC2 rs13181
TT 93/252 Ref 114/231 Ref
GT 17/47 1.067 (0.636-1.791) 0.806 18/46 0.871 (0.530-1.433) 0.587
GG 1/3 0.717 (0.100-5.151) 0.741 2/2 1.344 (0.331-5.454) 0.679
GT/GG 18/50 1.039 (0.627-1.721) 0.883 20/48 0.903 (0.562-1.453) 0.675
Model-free test c 0.915 0.596 0.783 0.715
R+D+F XRCC1 rs25487
GG 57/173 Ref 68/162 Ref
AG 41/110 1.133 (0.759-1.693) 0.541 51/100 1.158 (0.805-1.665) 0.428
AA 13/20 1.797 (0.983-3.285) 0.057 14/19 1.587 (0.892-2.823) 0.116
AG/AA 54/130 1.243 (0.857-1.804) 0.251 65/119 1.230 (0.875-1.728) 0.234
Model-free test c 0.156 0.576 0.270 0.428
F MTHFR rs1801131
AA 55/166 Ref 65/156 Ref
AC 49/115 1.252 (0.851-1.840) 0.254 60/104 1.331 (0.937-1.892) 0.111
CC 8/21 1.148 (0.547-2.410) 0.716 9/20 1.117 (0.556-2.244) 0.756
AC/CC 57/136 1.236 (0.853-1.790) 0.263 69/124 1.298 (0.925-1.823) 0.131
Model-free test c 0.518 0.578 0.280 0.428
F MTHFR rs1801133
CC 47/145 Ref 55/137 Ref
CT 52/119 1.300 (0.876-1.930) 0.193 61/110 1.293 (0.898-1.863) 0.167
TT 12/39 0.948 (0.502-1.789) 0.857 18/33 1.286 (0.754-2.192) 0.356
CT/TT 64/158 1.216 (0.834-1.773) 0.310 79/143 1.291 (0.915-1.823) 0.146
Model-free test c 0.350 0.578 0.348 0.477
D+F ABCB1 rs1045642
CC 44/106 Ref 48/102 Ref
CT 51/151 0.895 (0.597-1.343) 0.593 66/136 1.064 (0.734-1.543) 0.744
TT 19/48 1.083 (0.631-1.859) 0.771 22/45 1.064 (0.642-1.762) 0.811
CT/TT 70/199 0.940 (0.643-1.374) 0.748 88/181 1.064 (0.748-1.512) 0.730
Model-free test c 0.742 0.578 0.942 0.782
D+F ABCB1 rs2032582
GG 30/78 Ref 35/73 Ref
GT 45/121 0.987 (0.621-1.567) 0.955 58/108 1.095 (0.720-1.666) 0.672
TT 20/70 0.756 (0.430-1.332) 0.334 22/68 0.682 (0.400-1.163) 0.160
AG 10/17 1.279 (0.623-2.623) 0.502 8/19 0.870 (0.403-1.878) 0.723
AT 7/11 1.608 (0.704-3.673) 0.259 10/8 2.398 (1.185-4.853) 0.015
AA 0/5 2/3 1.150 (0.276-4.785) 0.848
GT/TT/AG/AT/AA 0.953 (0.627-1.449) 0.822 0.996 (0.678-1.464) 0.984
Others vs. AT/AA 1.207 (0.560-2.598) 0.631 2.132 (1.176 -3.863) 0.013
Model-free test c 0.591 0.578 0.046 0.157
D MPO rs2243828
TT 63/245 Ref 71/237 Ref
CT 39/59 2.131 (1.428-3.178) 2.09E-4 53/45 2.779 (1.946-3.970) 1.91E-8
CC 11/1 8.994 (4.720-17.136) 2.42E-11 12/0 12.041 (6.457-22.454) 5.03E-15
CT/CC 50/60 2.561 (1.776-3.713) 7.14E-7 65/45 3.226 (2.302-4.521) 1.01E-11
Model-free test c 1.88E-11 2.08E-10 4.03E-17 5.52E-16
R hOGG1 rs1052133
GG 39/106 Ref 44/101 Ref
CG 57/148 1.045 (0.695-1.572) 0.832 76/129 1.257 (0.886-1.825) 0.228
CC 16/49 0.899 (0.502-1.609) 0.720 15/50 0.725 (0.404-1.304) 0.283
CG/CC 73/197 1.009 (0.683-1.490) 0.964 91/179 1.121 (0.781-1.608) 0.536
Model-free test c 0.867 0.596 0.114 0.312
R APEX1 rs1130409
TT 47/107 Ref 52/102 Ref
GT 51/151 0.824 (0.554-1.225) 0.338 64/138 0.962 (0.667-1.387) 0.835
GG 14/44 0.805 (0.443-1.462) 0.476 19/39 1.011 (0.597-1.709) 0.969
GT/GG 65/195 0.820 (0.563-1.193) 0.278 83/177 0.973 (0.688-1.376) 0.875
Model-free test c 0.582 0.578 0.970 0.782
R ADPRT rs1136410
TT 40/89 Ref 46/83 Ref
CT 51/156 0.796 (0.526-1.204) 0.280 63/144 0.834 (0.570-1.220) 0.349
CC 22/56 0.928 (0.552-1.562) 0.779 27/51 1.023 (0.636-1.646) 0.926
CC/CT 73/212 0.832 (0.565-1.223) 0.349 90/195 0.883 (0.618-1.260) 0.491
Model-free test c 0.544 0.578 0.541 0.618
D MDM2 rs2279744
TT 18/80 Ref 21/77 Ref
GT 49/134 1.586 (0.923-2.722) 0.095 61/122 1.735 (1.056-2.851) 0.030
GG 46/89 2.041 (1.183-3.521) 0.010 54/81 2.127 (1.284-3.524) 0.003
GT/GG 95/223 1.778 (1.074-2.943) 0.025 115/203 1.899 (1.192-3.026) 0.007
Model-free test c 0.036 0.199 0.014 0.096
D VEGF rs2010963
GG 45/113 Ref 48/110 Ref
CG 47/146 0.877 (0.583-1.321) 0.530 61/132 1.069 (0.732-1.561) 0.729
CC 20/45 1.084 (0.640-1.836) 0.764 25/40 1.254 (0.773-2.035) 0.359
CG/CC 67/191 0.930 (0.637-1.358) 0.708 86/172 1.117 (0.784-1.591) 0.539
Model-free test c 0.687 0.578 0.655 0.641
D VEGF rs833061
TT 58/167 Ref 70/155 Ref
CT 49/124 1.144 (0.782-1.673) 0.489 60/113 1.159 (0.821-1.637) 0.401
CC 5/12 1.119 (0.448-2.794) 0.809 4/13 0.721 (0.263-1.975) 0.524
CT/CC 54/136 1.141 (0.788-1.673) 0.485 64/126 1.117 (0.796-1.568) 0.523
Model-free test c 0.783 0.578 0.519 0.618
D VEGF rs3025039
CC 79/212 Ref 100/191 Ref
CT 32/83 0.951 (0.630-1.435) 0.811 31/84 0.721 (0.481-1.079) 0.111
TT 1/7 0.387 (0.054-2.780) 0.345 3/5 0.957 (0.303-3.021) 0.941
CT/TT 33/90 0.883 (0.586-1.332) 0.553 34/89 0.482 (0.644-1.060) 0.095
Model-free test c 0.630 0.578 0.281 0.428

a R, Radiation; D, DDP; F, 5-Fluorouracil

b HR, 95%CI and P values were calculated by using Cox proportional hazard model with no adjustment.

c The association analysis was done based on the genetic model-free test (2 degrees of freedom)