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. 2016 Apr 13;11(4):e0153609. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153609

Table 4. Association between polymorphisms of estrogen metabolism-related genes related to estrogen metabolism and the risk of prostate cancer, by Gleason score and clinical stage, in the Afro-Caribbean population.

Genes (allele) Gleason Score Clinical Stage
Low Grade High Grade Localized Advanced
Controls n (%) Cases n (%) Adjusted OR a (95% CI) Cases n (%) Adjusted OR a (95% CI) Case n (%) Adjusted OR a (95% CI) Cases n (%) Adjusted OR a (95% CI)
CYP17(rs743572)
T 681 (64.5) 434 (63.4) 1.0 106 (65.8) 1.0 476 (65.4) 1.0 68 (59.6) 1.0
C 375 (35.5) 251 (36.4) 0.99 (0.80–1.22) 55 (34.2) 0.86 (0.60–1.24) 252 (34.6) 0.92 (0.75–1.13) 46 (40.4) 1.06 (0.69–1.63)
CYP19 (rs60271534)
≤7 826 (79.1) 540 (80.8) 1.0 129 (77.7) 1.0 562 (79.6) 1.0 94 (81.0) 1.0
>7 218 (20.9) 128 (19.2) 0.80 (0.60–1.08) 37 (22.3) 0.99 (0.64–1.53) 144 (20.4) 0.84 (0.63–1.12) 22 (19.0) 0.83 (0.48–1.42)
CYP1B1 (rs1056836)
C (Leu) 289(26.4) 177 (24.3) 1.0 46 (28.1) 1.0 188 (24.4) 1.0 34(29.3) 1.0
G (Val) 807(73.6) 551 (75.7) 1.04 (0.79–1.37) 118 (71.9) 0.89 (0.59–1.35) 585 (75.6) 1.04 (0.79–1.37) 82 (70.7) 0.80 (0.49–1.30)
COMT (rs4680)
G (Val) 712 (65.0) 506 (69.5) 1.0 107 (65.2) 1.0 527 (68.4) 1.0 83 (71.5) 1.0
A (Met) 384 (35.0) 222 (60.5) 0.80 (0.64–0.98) 57 (34.8) 0.95 (0.66–1.35) 243 (31.6) 0.82 (0.67–1.01) 33 (28.5) 0.68 (0.43–1.07)
UGT1A1 (rs8175347)
≤ 6 588 (55.9) 377 (55.3) 1.0 86 (50.6) 1.0 404 (55.8) 1.0 56 (46.7) 1.0
> 6 464 (44.1) 305 (44.7) 1.20 (0.96–1.51) 84 (49.4) 1.48 (1.03–2.11) 320 (44.2) 1.19 (0.95–1.49) 64 (53.3) 1.59 (1.04–2.43)

a Adjusted for age and education for CYP17 and COMT; for age, waist-to-hip-ratio and education for CYP19; for age, waist-to-hip-ration, type 2 diabetes, BMI, education and PSA screening history for CYP1B1; for age, education and waist-to-hip-ratio for UGT1A1.