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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2019 Jan 7;30(1):53–62. doi: 10.1007/s10552-018-1102-4

Table 5.

Association of cumulative secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and lifetime pack-years active smoking (pkyrs) with breast tumor DNA methylation, postmenopausal cases, WEB study

Secondhand smoke Active smoking

SHS N ORa 95% CI Pkyrs N ORa 95% CI
>M <M >M <M
SFN
 None 10 8 1.00 (referent) None 63 66 1.00 (referent)
  ≤30 24 28 0.67 (0.23; 2.00) ≤18.9 30 38 0.82 (0.45; 1.49)
  >30 29 30 0.78 (0.27; 2.30) >18.9 38 35 1.12 (0.63; 1.99)
SCGB3A1
 None 10 6 1.00 (referent) None 54 68 1.00 (referent)
  ≤30 20 33 0.33 (0.10; 1.08) ≤18.9 30 35 1.10 (0.59; 2.05)
  >30 24 29 0.46 (0.14; 1.47) >18.9 32 41 1.05 (0.57; 1.91)
RARB
 None 8 11 1.00 (referent) None 59 80 1.00 (referent)
  ≤30 29 35 1.14 (0.40; 3.20) ≤18.9 34 44 1.04 (0.59; 1.82)
  >30 21 34 0.86 (0.30; 2.48) >18.9 37 49 1.01 (0.59; 1.75)
GSTP1
 None 9 7 1.00 (referent) None 63 75 1.00 (referent)
  ≤30 34 27 1.03 (0.34; 3.14) ≤18.9 36 38 1.16 (0.65; 2.04)
  >30 31 29 1.20 (0.39; 3.65) >18.9 42 36 1.42 (0.81; 2.49)
CDKN2A
 None 8 8 1.00 (referent) None 49 70 1.00 (referent)
  ≤30 27 23 0.85 (0.27; 2.62) ≤18.9 34 32 1.52 (0.83; 2.78)
  >30 35 17 0.48 (0.15; 1.51) >18.9 41 31 1.95 (1.07; 3.54)
CCND2
None 41 36 1.00 (referent)
≤18.9 22 22 0.87 (0.41; 1.85)
>18.9 22 28 0.71 (0.34; 1.46)
BRCA1
 None 14 5 1.00 (referent) None 76 79 1.00 (referent)
  ≤30 32 34 0.33 (0.11; 1.03) ≤18.9 52 36 1.54 (0.91; 2.63)
  >30 30 39 0.27 (0.09; 0.83) >18.9 49 45 1.15 (0.68; 1.92)
FHIT
None 41 36 1.00 (referent)
≤18.9 26 17 1.45 (0.67; 3.12)
>18.9 21 22 0.89 (0.42; 1.91)
SYK
 None 14 5 1.00 (referent) None 79 86 1.00 (referent)
  ≤30 34 38 0.29 (0.09; 0.92) ≤18.9 41 52 0.89 (0.53; 1.49)
  >30 31 42 0.23 (0.07; 0.73) >18.9 43 52 0.90 (0.54; 1.50)
a

Odds ratios (OR) for methylation above the median value and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated with unconditional logistic regression model adjusted for age in years and estrogen receptor status. Abbreviations: SHS, secondhand smoke; M, median; OR, odds ratio; SFN, stratifin; SCGB3A1, secretoglobin, family 3A, member 1; RARB, retinoic acid receptor, beta; GSTP1, glutathione S-transferase pi 1; CDKN2A, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A; CCND2, cyclin D2; BRCA1, breast cancer gene 1; FHIT, fragile histidine triad; SYK, spleen tyrosine kinase