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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 16.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Genet. 2019 Jan;51(1):7–9. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0310-x

Table 1.

Association of mLOY with age, smoking, cancer risk and mortality.

OR/HR 95% CI Association P-value Heterogeneity P-value
Age at DNA Collection
  Blood 1.16 (1.14–1.18) <2.0×10−16 3.27×10−5
  Buccal 1.10 (1.08–1.12) <2.0×10−16
Current Smoking
  Blood 3.07 (2.15–4.38) 6.1×10−10 0.045
  Buccal 1.81 (1.25–2.64) 1.9×10−3
Cancer Risk (All)
  Blood 1.26 (1.06–1.50) 0.010 0.358
  Buccal 1.48 (1.10–1.99) 0.010
Cancer Risk (DNA before Dx)
  Blood 1.17 (0.97–1.42) 0.100 0.704
  Buccal 1.07 (0.70–1.62) 0.760
Cancer Risk (DNA at or after Dx)
  Blood 1.43 (1.11–1.85) 0.006 0.442
  Buccal 1.69 (1.20–2.37) 0.003
All-cause Mortality*
  Blood 0.87 (0.73–1.03) 0.100 0.526
  Buccal 0.99 (0.69–1.42) 0.960
Cancer Mortality*
  Blood 0.83 (0.68–1.01) 0.060 0.258
  Buccal 1.07 (0.72–1.58) 0.750
*

Indicates Hazard Ratios (HR) are reported in place of Odds Ratios (OR). Age and smoking models are adjusted for smoking/age, contributing study and ancestry. Cancer risk models are adjusted for age, smoking, contributing study and ancestry. Mortality models are for individuals from prospective cohort studies with case DNA collected ≥1 year before cancer diagnosis and adjusted for age, smoking, cancer diagnosis, contributing study and body mass index. OR=Odds Ratio; HR=Hazard Ratio; 95% CI=95 Percent Confidence Interval; Dx=Cancer Diagnosis.