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. 2014 Jan 13;35(5):1039–1045. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgu010

Table IV.

Top genes interacting with smoking at P<0.0005

Gene Gene description No. of SNPs/ eigenSNPsa P (G × E) b P value for marginal associationb
≥20 Pack-years <20 Pack-yearsc
ZBED2 Zinc finger BED domain-containing protein 2  4/3 0.00013 0.00053 0.38
EXO1 Exonuclease 1 19/7 0.00017 0.17 0.033
PSG2 Pregnancy-specific beta-1-glycoprotein 2  3/3 0.00019 0.035 0.15
SLC36A1 Proton-coupled amino acid transporter 1 28/5 0.00022 0.089 0.047
CLSTN1 Calsyntenin-1 10/4 0.00023 0.00088 0.64
MTHFSD Methenyltetrahydrofolate synthase domain-containing protein 24/7 0.00036 0.03 0.057
FAT2 Protocadherin Fat 2 35/8 0.00038 0.047 0.036
IL10RB Interleukin-10 receptor subunit beta 17/7 0.00043 0.016 0.035
ATXN2 Ataxin-2  7/2 0.00047 0.21 0.0029

aNumber of SNPs in the gene/number of principal components used for the analysis.

bObtained from LRT in logistic regression with adjustment for age, sex, study, diabetes, and five principal components for population substructure.

cIncluding non-smokers.