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. 2020 Jun 18;12:89. doi: 10.1186/s13148-020-00872-y

Table 3.

Joint associations of GRS and MRS with LC incidence

Group MRS risk groupa GaRS risk groupa Cases Controls OR (95%CI)
Model 1b Model 2c Model 3d
All participants Low Low 8 368 Ref. Ref. Ref.
 (Ncase/control = 143/1460) High 9 362 0.91 (0.33–2.51) 0.86 (0.31–2.38) 0.77 (0.25–2.40)
High Low 41 330 5.61 (2.62–13.51) 5.11 (2.36–12.37) 2.29 (0.92–6.32)
High 85 400 9.08 (4.40–21.35) 7.88 (3.75–18.73) 3.50 (1.44–9.50)
p trend < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.0005
Ever smokers Low Low 10 164 Ref. Ref. Ref.
 (Ncase/control = 123/712) High 17 192 1.48 (0.62–3.67) 1.47 (0.61–3.70) 1.38 (0.51–3.95)
High Low 29 162 3.99 (1.78–9.61) 4.06 (1.80–9.87) 1.83 (0.68–5.25)
High 67 194 7.19 ( 3.39-16.69 7.03 (3.26-16.57) 3.35 (1.32-9.30)
p trend < 0.0001 < 0.0001 0.0038
Heavy smokers Low Low 6 46 Ref. Ref. Ref.
 (Ncase/control = 69/205) High 15 56 2.48 (0.76–9.01) 2.12 (0.62–8.02) 1.78 (0.50–6.89)
High Low 14 43 2.81 (0.82–10.77) 3.13 (0.88–12.52) 1.96 (0.53–8.03)
High 34 60 4.01 (1.33–13.92) 4.44 (1.42–16.06) 3.58 (1.10–13.25)
p trend 0.0225 0.0097 0.0319

GRS genetic risk score, MRS methylation risk score, LC lung cancer, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Ref. reference category

aThe GRS/MRS median value was used as cut-point for low-/high-risk groups

bModel 1: adjusted for batch (3 subsets) and leukocyte composition

cModel 2: like model 1, additionally adjusted for age and sex

dModel 3: like model 2, additionally adjusted for smoking status and pack-years