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Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Dec 15;15(24):7562–7570. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1694

Table 3.

Spearman’s correlation coefficients adjusted by plasma nicotine and cotinine levels, pack-years, occupational risk and family history of lung cancer, for the association between alveolar compartment and bronchial epithelial compartment in mRNA expression of CYP1B1, GSTP1 and p16

		Gene expression in AC ^§			Gene expression in BEC
		CYP1B1	GSTP1	P16	CYP1B1	GSTP1	P16
Gene expression in AC	CYP1B1	—
	GSTP1	0.257	—
	P16	0.252	0.322	—
Gene expression in BEC	CYP1B1	0.679^‡	0.124	0.115	—
	GSTP1	0.030	0.364^*	0.075	0.225	—
	P16	0.120	−0.018	0.380^*	0.299	0.274	—

^§

Definition of abbreviations: AC = Alveolar Cells; BEC = Bronchial Epithelial cells.

^‡

P < 0.001

P < 0.05.