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Table 2 Overall, sex- and age-specific risk of colon and rectal cancer according to SHMT1 C1420T and MTHFR C677T polymorphisms

From: SHMT1 1420 and MTHFR 677 variants are associated with rectal but not colon cancer

 

Colon cancer

p

Rectal cancer

p

 

OR* (95% CI)

p

OR* (95% CI)

p

SHMT11420

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.611

1.00 (reference)

0.014

CT

1.07 (0.81-1.41)

0.62

0.86 (0.66-1.13)

0.27

TT

0.86 (0.56-1.33)

0.49

0.57 (0.36-0.89)

0.013

CT+TT

1.02 (0.79-1.32)

0.90

0.80 (0.62-1.03)

0.08

MTHFR 677

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.338

1.00 (reference)

0.083

CT

1.08 (0.81-1.42)

0.61

1.40 (1.06-1.84)

0.016

TT

1.19 (0.80-1.78)

0.39

1.14 (0.75-1.73)

0.53

CT+TT

1.11 (0.87-1.44)

0.43

1.35 (1.04-1.74)

0.024

Males

    

SHMT11420

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.334

1.00 (reference)

0.015

CT

0.93 (0.63-1.39)

0.73

0.92 (0.65-1.29)

0.63

TT

0.75 (0.40-1.39)

0.36

0.42 (0.23-0.75)

0.003

CT+TT

0.89 (0.61-1.30)

0.54

0.80 (0.58-1.10)

0.16

MTHFR 677

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.121

1.00 (reference)

0.494

CT

1.36 (0.91-2.05)

0.14

1.45 (1.03-2.05)

0.034

TT

1.42 (0.80-2.50)

0.23

0.89 (0.52-1.51)

0.67

CT+TT

1.37 (0.94-2.00)

0.10

1.29 (0.94-1.79)

0.12

Females

    

SHMT11420

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.824

1.00 (reference)

0.390

CT

1.22 (0.83-1.80)

0.31

0.77 (0.49-1.22)

0.27

TT

0.94 (0.50-1.74)

0.83

0.97 (0.47-2.01)

0.93

CT+TT

1.13 (0.79-1.62)

0.50

0.80 (0.52-1.22)

0.29

MTHFR 677

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.863

1.00 (reference)

0.052

CT

0.87 (0.59-1.28)

0.48

1.39 (0.88-2.19)

0.16

TT

1.07 (0.60-1.90)

0.82

1.81 (0.91-3.60)

0.09

CT+TT

0.93 (0.65-1.33)

0.68

1.45 (0.94-2.23)

0.09

Age < 60 years

   

SHMT11420

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.485

1.00 (reference)

0.002

CT

1.22 (0.82-1.82)

0.33

0.81 (0.55-1.19)

0.29

TT

0.67 (0.37-1.23)

0.19

0.32 (0.16-0.61)

0.0006

CT+TT

1.08 (0.74-1.57)

0.69

0.69 (0.48-0.99)

0.044

MTHFR 677

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.047

1.00 (reference)

0.112

CT

1.72 (1.15-2.59)

0.008

1.97 (1.33-2.92)

0.0007

TT

1.37 (0.77-2.44)

0.29

0.98 (0.54-1.76)

0.94

CT+TT

1.65 (1.14-2.39)

0.008

1.67 (1.16-2.40)

0.005

Age ≥ 60 years

   

SHMT11420

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.943

1.00 (reference)

0.763

CT

0.91 (0.62-1.34)

0.64

0.90 (0.61-1.32)

0.58

TT

1.13 (0.59-2.18)

0.71

1.04 (0.54-1.98)

0.91

CT+TT

0.92 (0.64-1.33)

0.67

0.92 (0.64-1.31)

0.63

MTHFR 677

   

CC

1.00 (reference)

0.489

1.00 (reference)

0.432

CT

0.70 (0.47-1.03)

0.07

1.03 (0.70-1.52)

0.89

TT

0.99 (0.56-1.73)

0.96

1.33 (0.73-2.42)

0.35

CT+TT

0.75 (0.52-1.08)

0.13

1.08 (0.74-1.56)

0.70

  1. * adjusted for BMI, sex and age for overall risk, BMI and age for sex-specific risk, BMI and sex for age-specific risk; † test of gene-dosage effect