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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Environ Health Rep. 2016 Mar;3(1):40–52. doi: 10.1007/s40572-016-0083-2

Table 2. Result from gene pesticide (GxE) analyses: Parkinson’s Environment and Genes (PEG) and related GxE studies.

Rows refer to either pesticide exposures or genetic factors depending on which one was modelled as having two-levels (see headers).

N cases / controls Adj OR (95%CI) N cases / controls Adj OR (95%CI)
Dopamine transporter – DAT (5′ A clade & 3′ VNTR 9-repeat)

Kelada et al, 2005[41] Occupationally Unexposed Occupationally Exposeda

 0 susceptibility alleles 23/37 1.00 7/17 1.00
 1 49/60 1.21 (0.62, 2.36) 14/23 1.63 (0.52, 5.15)
 ≥2 59/87 1.17 (0.62, 2.23) 26/15 5.66 (1.73, 18.5)

PEG (Ritz et al, 2009[43]) Occupationally Unexposed (JEM) Occupationally Exposed (JEM)b

 0 susceptibility alleles 26/26 1.00 13/18 1.00
 1 34/46 0.70 (0.34, 1.45) 28/18 2.00 (0.71, 5.67)
 ≥2 42/43 0.94 (0.46, 1.92) 36/17 2.83 (1.01, 7.92)

PEG (Ritz et al, 2009[43]) No/Low Ambient Paraquat and Maneb Exposure High Ambient Paraquat and Maneb Exposurec

 0 susceptibility alleles 65/80 1.00 4/5 0.88 (0.22, 3.48)
 1 99/117 0.98 (0.63, 1.52) 10/4 2.99 (0.88, 10.21)
 ≥2 122/122 1.30 (0.85, 2.00) 24/6 4.53 (1.70, 12.09)

Multi-drug resistance protein 1 – ABCB1 (rs1045642 and rs2032582)

Drozdzik et al, 2003d[56] – rs1045642 CC CT, TT

 Unexposed / Exposed PD Cases 19/7 29/52 4.9 (1.7, 14.6)

Zschiedrich et al, 2009d[58] – rs1045642 CC CT, TT

 Unexposed / Exposed PD Cases 24/2 43/17 4.74 (1.01-22.31)

Dutheil et al, 2010 [57]- rs1045642 CC, CT TT

 Occupationally OC Unexposed 27/79 1.00 8/30 0.9 (0.3, 2.5)
 Occupationally OC Exposed 27/55 1.7 (0.7, 4.3) 15/16 7.2 (2.1, 24.8)

Dutheil et al, 2010 [57]- rs2032582 GG, GT, GA TT, TA

 Occupationally OC Unexposed 30/88 1.00 5/21 0.90 (0.3, 2.7)
 Occupationally OC Exposed 29/60 1.90 (0.8, 4.5) 13/11 7.90 (2.2, 28.9)

PEG (Narayan et al, 2015[55]) – Risk Score (rs1045642 & rs2032582) ≤1 susceptibility allele ≥2

 Low OC exposure 41/126 1.00 14/22 2.25 (1.01, 5.02)
 Frequent household OC use without occupational pesticide exposure 24/59 1.62 (0.86, 3.06) 4/18 0.68 (0.21, 2.20)
 Occupational exposure to other pesticides 55/90 1.89 (1.13, 3.18) 19/15 4.30 (1.89, 9.74)
 Ambient workplace OC exposure and/or self-reported OC use 95/151 1.96 (1.23, 3.14) 25/27 2.98 (1.48, 6.00)

PEG (Narayan et al, 2015[55]) – Risk Score (rs1045642 & rs2032582) ≤1 susceptibility allele ≥2

 Low OP exposure 41/126 1.00 14/22 2.25 (1.01, 5.02)
 Frequent household OP use without occupational pesticide exposure 24/59 1.62 (0.86, 3.06) 4/18 0.68 (0.21, 2.20)
 Occupational exposure to other pesticides 30/56 1.69 (0.92, 3.10) 8/7 2.62 (0.87, 7.86)
 Ambient workplace OP exposure and/or self-reported occupational OP use 121/185 2.05 (1.30, 3.22) 36/35 3.71 (1.96, 7.02)

Paraoxonase – PON1 (L55M and Q192R)

PEG (Lee et al, 2013[65]) – L55M-Q192R No Ambient Diazinon Exposure Low/High Ambient Diazinon Exposuree

 LL-RR 6/14 1.00 19/33 1.10 (0.35-3.47)
 LM-QR 53/100 1.16 (0.53-4.05) 133/175 1.47 (0.53-4.05)
 MM-QQ 6/14 1.16 (0.29-4.62 28/23 2.43 (0.78-7.56)

PEG (Lee et al, 2013 [65]) – L55M-Q192R No Ambient Chlorpyrifos Exposure Low/High Ambient Chlorpyrifos Exposuree

 LL-RR 6/14 1.00 15/28 1.19 (0.36-3.92)
 LM-QR 53/100 1.18 (0.42-3.33) 115/137 1.77 (0.64-4.92
 MM-QQ 6/14 1.14 (0.29-4.58) 26/17 3.28 (1.02-10.58)

PEG (Lee et al, 2013[65]) – L55M-Q192R No Ambient Parathion Exposure Low/High Ambient Parathion Exposuree

 LL-RR 6/14 1.00 15/29 0.99 (0.30-3.25)
 LM-QR 53/100 1.16 (0.41-3.28) 117/146 1.57 (0.56-4.37)
 MM-QQ 6/14 1.14 (0.28-4.55) 22/16 2.56 (0.78-8.39)

PEG (Narayan et al, 2013[14]) – Q192R Occasional Household OP Use Frequent Household OP Use

 RR+RQ 74/133 1.00 28/48 1.03 (0.58, 1.82)
 QQ 75/120 1.09 (0.72, 1.65) 37/24 2.62 (1.42, 4.83)

Nitric oxide synthase – NOS1 (rs2682826)

Hancock et al, 2008f [73] Unexposed Exposed

 CC N/A 1.00 N/A 3.52 (1.78, 6.95)
 CT+TT N/A 1.00 N/A 1.23 (0.63, 2.40)

PEG (Paul et al, 2015[80]) Occasional Household OP Use Frequent Household OP Use

 CC 103/124 1.00 35/41 1.28 (0.72-2.30)
 CT+TT 81/126 0.88 (0.57-1.36) 47/25 2.72 (1.45-5.13)

PEG (Paul et al, 2015[80]) No/Low Ambient OP Exposure High Ambient OP Exposureg

 CC 132/199 1.00 46/21 2.42 (1.27, 4.61)
 CT+TT 130/194 0.99 (0.70, 1.40) 48/19 4.83 (2.39, 9.73)

Aldehyde dehydrogenase – ALDH2 (clade 1/2 primarily determined by rs737280)

PEG (Fitzmaurice et al, 2014[21]) Clade 1/1 Clade 1/2 or 2/2

 Unexposed to all ALDH-inhibiting pesticidesh 76/124 1.00 96/160 1.00
 Exposed to any number of pesticides at residence, unexposed at occupation 29/38 1.17 (0.65, 2.10) 20/49 0.73 (0.41, 1.32)
 Exposed to any number of pesticides at occupation, unexposed at residence 24/33 1.16 (0.63, 2.16) 29/46 1.14 (0.66, 1.95)
 Exposed to 1 or 2 pesticides at each residence and occupation 22/23 1.58 (0.80, 3.10) 17/13 2.21 (1.01, 4.82)
 Exposed to ≥ 3 pesticides at residence and 1 to 2 pesticides at occupation 5/6 1.21 (0.35, 4.23) 8/7 1.74 (0.61, 5.03)
 Exposed to ≥ 3 pesticides at occupation and 1 to 2 pesticides at residence 4/7 0.92 (0.25, 3.43) 7/4 2.80 (0.78, 10.0)
 Exposed to ≥ 3 pesticides at each residence and occupation 9/5 2.47 (0.78, 7.82) 11/3 5.30 (1.42, 19.8)

s-phase kinase-associated protein 1 – SKP1 (rs2284312)

PEG (Rhodes et al, 2013[95]) CC CT/TT

 Low/No ambient exposure to UPS inhibiting pesticidesi 79/148 1.00 29/52 1.01 (0.59,1.73)
 High exposure at either workplace or residence 68/103 1.25 (0.83,1.90) 33/37 1.65 (0.95,2.85)
 High exposure at both workplace and residence 43/50 1.62 (0.98,2.66) 29/7 7.57 (3.14,18.3)

Major histocompatibility complex class II region: HLA-DR (rs3129882)

PEG (Kannarkat et al, 2015[99]) No Ambient Pyrethroid Exposure Ambient Exposure to at least 1 Pyrethroidj

 AA 95/117 1.00 47/58 1.04 (0.65, 1.67)
 GG 50/81 0.73 (0.47, 1.14) 30/14 2.48 (1.24, 4.97)

PEG (Kannarkat et al, 2015[99]) No Ambient Pyrethroid Exposure Ambient Exposure to at least 1 Pyrethroidj

 AA 95/117 1.00 47/58 0.83 (0.53, 1.28)
 AG 172/161 0.91 (0.73, 1.13) 71/66 1.25 (0.88, 1.78)
 GG 50/81 0.82 (0.53, 1.27) 30/14 1.87 (1.08, 3.35)

Abbreviations: OR=Odds Ratio; OP=Organophosphates; JEM=Job Exposure Matrix; N/A: Not available

a

Subjects considered exposed if reported occupation for 6+ months involved pesticide exposure

b

JEM occupational pesticide exposure (males only, N=347)

c

Ambient exposure at residential addresses

d

Case-only analysis

e

Ambient exposure at residential and workplace addresses

f

Family based study, self-report pesticide exposure

g

Ambient OP exposure at residential and/or workplace addresses

h

Ambient exposure at residences and occupations to ALDH-inhibiting pesticides (benomyl, maneb, mancozeb, ziram, zineb, triflumizole, captan, dieldrin)

i

Ambient exposure at residences and occupations to UPS inhibiting pesticides (benomyl, cyanazine, dieldrin, endosulfan, ferbam, metam, propargite, rotenone, triflumizole, ziram)

j

Ambient pyrethroid exposure at residential and/or workplace addresses