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. 2017 Jun 8;12(6):e0178792. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178792

Table 2. The association between methylation of BRCA1 gene and lifestyle factors among nurses and midwives in the cross-sectional study.

Basic model ORa, 95%CI Model 1 OR, 95%CI
System of work
Day work (reference) 1.00 1.0
Rotating nights 1.07 (0.74–1.54) 1.08 (0.73–1.59) b
Duration of the night work in years
≤10 (reference) 1.00 1.00
>10-≤20 1.19 (0.72–1.96) 1.18 (0.71–1.96) b
>20 1.07 (0.65–1.66) 1.04 (0.66–1.64) b
p-trend 0.918 0.908
Smoking status
Never (reference) 1.00 1.00
Former 0.94 (0.59–1.50) 0.93 (0.58–1.50) c
Current 1.52 (1.00–2.30) 1.50 (0.98–2.29) c
Amount of smoked cigarettes per day currently
Current non smoker(reference) 1.00 1.00
1–4 1.57 (0.67–3.63) 1.62 (0.69–3.80) c
5–14 1.72 (1.05–2.83) 1.69 (1.03–2.80) c
≥15 1.38 (0.81–2.35) 1.36 (0.79–2.34) c
p-trend 0.047 0.053
Smoking duration (in years)
0 (reference) 1.00 1.00
≤22.6 0.99 (0.59–1.66) 0.95 (0.56–1.61) c
>22.6-≤31.0 1.13 (0.70–1.83) 1.15 (0.71–1.87) c
>31.0 1.83 (1.09–3.08) 1.83 (1.08–3.13) c
p-trend 0.073 0.070
Packyears
0 (reference) 1.00 1.00
>0-≤10.4 1.18 (0.71–1.98) 1.15 (0.58–1.94) c
>10.4-≤17.0 0.99 (0.58–1.68) 0.96 (0.56–1.64) c
>17.0 1.50 (0.95–2.38) 1.55 (0.97–2.47) c
p-trend 0.090 0.082
Alcohol drinking(no of drinks/wk)
0-(reference) 1.00 1.00
>0–0.25 0.58 (0.26–1.29) 0.56 (0.25–1.24) d
>0.25 –≤ 1 0.80 (0.36–1.77) 0.74 (0.33–1.65) d
>1 0.63 (0.26–1.53) 0.59 (0.24–1.43) d
p-trend 0.763 0.741
Lifelong duration of alcohol drinking (in years)
-20 (reference) 1.00 1.00
>20-≤30 0.75 (0.38–1.49) 0.72 (0.36–1.43) d
>30 0.74 (0.38–1.45) 0.67 (0.33–1.32) d
p-trend 0.715 0.482
Drinksyears(drinks/wk*years)
0–5 (reference) 1.00 1.00
>5-≤10 0.99 (0.63–1.57) 0.90 (0.56–1.44) d
>10 1.02 (0.67–1.54) 0.91 (0.59–1.41) d
p-trend 0.579 0.427
Current alcohol abstinence
yes (reference) 1.00 1.00
no 0.67 (0.31–1.43) 0.62 (0.29–1.35) d
BMI(kg/m2)
<25 (reference) 1.00 1.00
≤25 - <30 0.95(0.63–1.45) 0.89 (0.59–1.37) e
≥30 1.08(0.67–1.74) 1.06 (0.66–1.72) e
p-trend 0.712 0.668
WHR
≤0.85 (reference) 1.00 1.00
>0.85 1.39 (0.92–2.09) 1.32 (0.87–2.01) e
p-trend 0.930 0.620
WHtR
≤0.6 (reference) 1.00 1.00
>0.6 0.98(0.61–1.52) 0.96 (0.61–1.51) e
p-trend 0.800 0.875
Total physical activity (MET*hrs/wk)
≤155 (reference) 1.00 1.00
>155- ≤220 1.00(0.62–1.64) 1.00 (0.60–1.65) f
>220 0.84(0.52–1.36) 0.81 (0.49–1.34) f
p-trend 0.057 0.051
Recreational PA
None (reference) 1.00 1.00
Any 1.34(0.88–2.04) 1.34 (0.87–2.05) f

a—adjusted for age and folate intake

b—adjusted for age, folate intake, current smoking, drinks per week, BMI and total PA

c–adjusted age, folate intake, drinks per week, BMI and total PA

d–adjusted for age, folate intake, current smoking, BMI and total PA

e–adjusted for age, folate intake, current smoking, drinks per week and total PA

f–adjusted for age, folate intake, current smoking, drinks per week and BMI