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. 2022 May 27;81:104083. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104083

Table 4.

Dose-response relationship between the DNAm scores and lung cancer risk in all subsets.

Predictorsa Quartiles Person-years Cases HR (95% CI)b P-trend
AgeAccelPheno
Q1 11068·3 22 1·00 (Ref·) 0·033
Q2 10937·8 25 1·36 (0·66-2·82)
Q3 11256·6 35 1·29 (0·56-2·99)
Q4 11448·9 64 1·95 (1·11-3·41)

AgeAccelGrim
Q1 11589·0 10 1·00 (Ref·) 0·003
Q2 10926·3 15 1·76 (0·13-23·54)
Q3 11674·8 25 3·35 (0·58-19·26)
Q4 10521·5 96 5·83 (0·54-63·55)

MRscore-8CpGs Q1 10927·1 11 1·00 (Ref·) 0·003
Q2 10925·8 16 0·72 (0·25-2·11)
Q3 11268·1 31 1·59 (0·27-9·41)
Q4 11590·6 88 4·15 (1·01-17·09)

Abbreviations: DNAm, DNA methylation; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; AgeAccelPheno, DNA methylation phenotypic age acceleration; AgeAccelGrim, DNA methylation GrimAge acceleration; MRscore-8CpGs, revised version of continuous mortality risk score with 8 CpGs.

a

In subset IV, only lung cancer cases and controls were included into the analyses.

b

Models adjusted for age, sex, leukocyte composition, batch, educational level, smoking status (never smoker, former smoker, current smoker), alcohol consumption (grams per day), body mass index (kg/m2), and diabetes.