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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2005 Oct 10;116(6):972–983. doi: 10.1002/ijc.21137

TABLE V.

GENE-GREEN TEA INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1, P53 CODON 72 AND GREEN TEA DRINKING ON THE RISK OF STOMACH CANCER

Genes Green tea
drinking
Cases Controls Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)1
n n
GSTM1
 Normal Yes 20 67 1 1
 Normal Yes 40 103 1.30 (0.70–2.42) 0.88 (0.40–1.93)
 Null No 43 82 1.76 (0.94–3.27) 1.31 (0.56–3.08)
 Null No 81 124 2.19 (1.23–3.88) 1.64 (0.76–3.56)
 OR for interaction 0.96 (0.44–2.07) 1.43 (0.53–3.83)
GSTT1
 Normal Yes 35 82 1 1
 Normal Yes 25 88 0.67 (0.37–1.21) 0.84 (0.40–1.77)
 Null No 65 109 1.40 (0.85–2.31) 1.36 (0.66–2.79)
 Null No 59 97 1.43 (0.86–2.38) 1.71 (0.84–3.47)
 OR for interaction 1.53 (0.73–3.22) 1.49 (0.58–3.83)
GSTP1
 Ile/ile or Ile/Val Yes 57 163 1 1
 Val/Val Yes 3 6 1.43 (0.35~5.91) 0.79 (0.34~1.79)
 Ile/ile or Ile/Val No 118 202 1.67 (1.15~2.44) 1.43 (0.76~2.69)
 Val/Val No 6 5 3.43 (1.01~11.67) 1.69 (0.84~3.38)
 OR for interaction 1.44 (0.22~9.26) 1.25 (0.13~12.17)
p53 codon 72
 Arg/Arg or Arg/Pro Yes 39 126 1 1
 Pro/Pro Yes 20 41 1.58 (0.83~3.00) 1.07 (0.48~2.37)
 Arg/Arg or Arg/Pro No 82 158 1.68 (1.07~2.62) 1.37 (0.73~2.60)
 Pro/Pro No 41 48 2.76 (1.59~4.78) 2.75 (1.28~5.93)
 OR for interaction 1.04 (0.46~2.35) 1.88 (0.68~5.21)
Multi-genetic Index
 0~1 Yes 33 93 1 1
 2~4 Yes 26 74 0.99 (0.55~1.80) 0.82 (0.38~1.74)
 0~1 No 57 119 1.35 (0.81~2.24) 1.08 (0.52~2.22)
 2~4 No 66 86 2.16 (1.30~3.60) 2.03 (0.99~4.15)
 OR for interaction 1.62 (0.77~3.42) 2.31 (0.88~6.03)
1

Adjusted on age (continuous variable), gender (male or female), education (continuous), income (continuous variable), body mass index (continuous variable), pack-year of smoking (continuous), alcohol drinking (1, never; 2, seldom; 3, often; 4, every day), very hot food eating habit, H. pylori infection (CagA + or −), stomach disease history and family history of stomach cancer.