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. 2017 Feb 21;7:43011. doi: 10.1038/srep43011

Table 5. Association of environmental exposures and DUSP1 methylation in tumour DNA by ER and PR status.

Environmental factors (%) ER− ER+ PR− PR+
Metha Unmethb ORadjc (95%CI) P-value Metha Unmethb ORadjc (95%CI) P-value Metha Unmethb ORadjc (95%CI) P-value Metha Unmethb ORadjc (95%CI) P-value
Soybean (times/week)
 ≤1 29 19 1.000 43 47 1.000 36 27 1.000 36 39 1.000
 >1 50 11 2.978 (1.245–7.124) 0.017 68 48 1.548 (0.889–2.696) 0.159 62 17 2.735 (1.315–5.692) 0.010 56 42 1.444 (0.789–2.643) 0.282
Menstrual regularity
 Yes 58 21 1.000 75 84 1.000 69 31 1.000 64 74 1.000
 No 19 10 0.688 (0.276–1.716) 0.475 35 11 3.564 (1.691–7.511) 0.001 27 13 0.933 (0.425–2.047) 0.863 27 8 3.902 (1.656–9.194) 0.001

aMeth, methylated; bUnmeth, unmethylated; cORadj, odds ratio generated by multivariate logistic regression; 95%CI, 95% confidence interval.