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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Nov;23(11):2240–2249. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0492

Table 3.

Geometric means (95% CI) of BD metabolites stratified by GSTT1 CNV and race/ethnicity (adjusted for age and sex)

GSTT1
copy
number
genotype
All Whites Native Hawaiians Japanese Americans

N Geometric means
(95% CL)a
N Geometric means
(95% CL)a
N Geometric means
(95% CL)a
N Geometric means
(95% CL)a
p-value
MHBMA
1/1 128 11.1 (9.5–13.0) 59 11.8 (9.5–14.5) 49 10.5 (8.3–13.3) 20 11.1 (7.7–15.9) 0.79
1/0 271 6.7 (6.1– 7.4) 86 6.6 (5.6– 7.9) 97 6.6 (5.6– 7.8) 88 6.9 (5.8– 8.3) 0.92
0/0 184 2.3 (2.1– 2.6) 49 3.4 (2.7– 4.3) 47 1.7 (1.3– 2.1)b 88 2.2 (1.9– 2.7)b 0.0001
    p-value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
DHBMA
1/1 128 529.5 (467.2–600.1) 59 564.5 (478.5–665.9) 49 522.1 (434.7–627.0) 20 503.7 (379.3–668.9) 0.73
1/0 271 535.8 (496.1–578.7) 86 536.3 (467.8–614.9) 97 509.4 (447.0–580.5) 88 563.1 (491.1–645.5) 0.59
0/0 184 478.2 (433.8–527.2) 49 573.0 (477.5–687.7) 47 417.9 (346.8–503.6)b 88 456.6 (398.6–523.1) 0.05
    p-value 0.181 0.818 0.163 0.099
MHBMA/(MHBMA + DHBMA) ratio
1/1 128 0.020 (0.017–0.024) 59 0.020 (0.016–0.025) 49 0.019 (0.015–0.025) 20 0.021 (0.015–0.032) 0.91
1/0 271 0.012 (0.011–0.014) 86 0.012 (0.010–0.015) 97 0.013 (0.011–0.015) 88 0.012 (0.010–0.015) 0.90
0/0 184 0.005 (0.004–0.006) 49 0.006 (0.005–0.008) 47 0.004 (0.003–0.005)b 88 0.005 (0.004–0.006) 0.08
    p-value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
a

Adjusted for age, sex, BMI (natural log) and log-nicotine equivalents (natural log)

b

P-value <0.05 when compared to whites