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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2013;65(5):729–738. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2013.795599

Table 5.

Associations between p38-pathway genes, diet, and colon and rectal cancer risk

Low Intermediate High Pint Padj

Control Case OR1 95% CI Control Case OR 95% CI Control Case OR (95% CI)

Colon Cancer
Energy Intake
MAPK14 (rs10807156) 0.01 0.04
 TT 314 207 1.00 620 483 1.17 (0.95, 1.45) 288 302 1.55 (1.21, 1.97)
 TA 149 109 1.09 (0.80, 1.48) 325 256 1.18 (0.93, 1.51) 164 134 1.21 (0.91, 1.62)
 AA 21 20 1.46 (0.76, 2.77) 39 28 1.08 (0.64, 1.80) 32 14 0.65 (0.33, 1.23)
Carbohydrate
MAP3K2 (rs6732279) 0.01 0.03
 GG 217 146 1.00 377 288 1.02 (0.78, 1.34) 175 171 1.06 (0.73, 1.52)
 GT 222 185 1.25 (0.94, 1.67) 462 362 1.06 (0.81, 1.37) 243 183 0.82 (0.57, 1.17)
 TT 49 51 1.57 (1.01, 2.46) 141 111 1.07 (0.76, 1.49) 69 58 0.87 (0.55, 1.38)
MAPK14 (rs10807156) 0.01 0.04
 TT 318 229 1.00 615 497 1.01 (0.81, 1.26) 289 266 0.93 (0.67, 1.28)
 TA 146 128 1.20 (0.90, 1.61) 326 237 0.91 (0.71, 1.17) 166 134 0.83 (0.58, 1.18)
 AA 23 25 1.53 (0.85, 2.79) 38 26 0.85 (0.49, 1.44) 31 11 0.37 (0.17, 0.74)
Folic Acid
MAP3K2 (rs6732279) 0.01 0.03
 GG 214 161 1.00 391 284 0.85 (0.65, 1.11) 164 160 0.96 (0.69, 1.34)
 GT 220 187 1.13 (0.85, 1.51) 459 366 0.95 (0.74, 1.23) 248 177 0.71 (0.52, 0.97)
 TT 54 53 1.30 (0.84, 2.00) 134 121 1.07 (0.77, 1.49) 71 46 0.62 (0.39, 0.96)
Rectal Cancer
Saturated Fat
MAPK14 (rs851011)2 <0.01 0.02
 TT/TC 242 166 1.00 472 359 1.06 (0.82, 1.38) 227 218 1.23 (0.83, 1.82)
 CC 3 6 3.12 (0.81, 14.99) 7 4 0.86 (0.22, 2.90) 8 1 0.15 (<0.01, 0.87)
Calcium
MAPK12 (rs742184) 0.02 0.04
 CC 125 119 1.00 239 191 0.72 (0.52, 1.01) 138 90 0.46 (0.29, 0.71)
 CT/TT 117 83 0.75 (0.51, 1.09) 240 179 0.67 (0.48, 0.93) 100 92 0.66 (0.43, 1.02)
Vitamin C
MAPK14 (rs851006) <0.01 0.02
 GG 139 132 1.00 270 221 0.81 (0.59, 1.09) 156 99 0.55 (0.38, 0.80)
 GA 91 70 0.82 (0.55, 1.21) 178 109 0.60 (0.43, 0.85) 69 77 0.97 (0.63, 1.50)
 AA 13 8 0.67 (0.26, 1.65) 30 21 0.70 (0.38, 1.29) 13 17 1.17 (0.54, 2.58)
Selenium
MAPK14 (rs851011)2 <0.01 0.02
 TT/TC 242 177 1.00 467 352 0.92 (0.71, 1.20) 232 214 0.99 (0.69, 1.44)
 CC 1 6 8.97 (1.51, 170.50) 9 3 0.43 (0.09, 1.48) 8 2 0.25 (0.04, 1.07)
Lycopene
MAP3K2 (rs3732209) 0.01 0.03
 TT 126 114 1.00 233 188 0.78 (0.56, 1.08) 128 84 0.55 (0.36, 0.83)
 TC 93 77 0.91 (0.61, 1.35) 193 144 0.74 (0.53, 1.05) 95 86 0.78 (0.51, 1.19)
 CC 24 12 0.57 (0.27, 1.18) 49 27 0.56 (0.32, 0.96) 18 22 1.03 (0.51, 2.09)
Alpha-tocopherol
MAP2K1 (rs17259670) <0.01 0.02
 AA 224 156 1.00 406 319 0.96 (0.73, 1.26) 200 166 0.76 (0.50, 1.13)
 AG/GG 22 40 2.65 (1.53, 4.70) 66 46 0.84 (0.54, 1.31) 41 27 0.65 (0.35, 1.17)
1

Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) adjusted for age, center, race, sex, and kcal. Percentiles based on sex and study.

2

Similar associations for MAPK14 rs851016 (r2=0.99)