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. 2016 Dec 21;8(4):6630–6641. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14250

Table 3. Association between alcohol consumption behavior and ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism and gastric cancer risk, with regards to each other.

Case(%) Control(%) Minimally Adjusteda Fully Adjustedb P value*
OR(95% CI) OR(95% CI)
NCC only
ALDH2 genotype AA/AG
Never/Rare & Light drinkers (<20 g/day) 117(86.67) 296(94.27) 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference) 0.80
Heavy drinkers (≥20 g/day) 18(13.33) 18(5.73) 2.01(0.99-4.08) 2.02(0.86-4.77)
ALDH2 genotype GG
Never/Rare & Light drinkers (<20 g/day) 156(57.14) 580(78.80) 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)
Heavy drinkers (≥20 g/day) 117(42.86) 156(21.20) 2.47(1.73-3.54) 1.59(1.03-2.45)
Never/Rare & Light drinkers (<20 g/day)
GG 156(57.14) 580(66.21) 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)
AA/AG 117(42.86) 296(33.79) 1.34(1.01-1.79) 1.40(0.99-1.98)
Heavy drinkers (≥20 g/day)
GG 117(86.67) 156(89.66) 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)
AA/AG 18(13.33) 18(10.34) 1.36(0.67-2.76) 1.61(0.68-3.82)
NCC+KoGES control
ALDH2 genotype AA/AG
Never/Rare & Light drinkers (<20 g/day) 117(86.67) 1647(95.09) 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)c 0.99
Heavy drinkers (≥20 g/day) 18(13.33) 85(4.91) 2.02(1.16-3.53) 1.78(0.96-3.29)
ALDH2 genotype GG
Never/Rare & Light drinkers (<20 g/day) 156(57.14) 3368(79.98) 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)c
Heavy drinkers (≥20 g/day) 117(42.86) 843(20.02) 2.47(1.83-3.34) 2.19(1.58-3.03)
Never/Rare & Light drinkers (<20 g/day)
GG 156(57.14) 3368(67.16) 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)c
AA/AG 117(42.86) 1647(32.84) 1.41(1.10-1.82) 1.34(1.02-1.75)
Heavy drinkers (≥20 g/day)
GG 117(86.67) 843(90.84) 1.00(reference) 1.00(reference)c
AA/AG 18(13.33) 85(9.16) 1.52(0.89-2.63) 1.28(0.70-2.35)

Abbreviations: OR, Odds Ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; NCC, National Cancer Center; KoGES, Korean Genome Epidemiology Study;

a Adjusted for age and sex.

b Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, education level, income, fruit/vegetable intake, H. pylori infection status, and family history of gastric cancer.

c Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, education level, income, family history of gastric cancer, and study sites.

* p value for Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test.