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Table 3 Colon and rectal cancer risk based on SHMT1 1420/MTHFR 677 diplotypes

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

Diplotypes

Colon cancer

Rectal cancer

SHMT1/MTHFR

case/control

OR* (95% CI)

case/control

OR* (95% CI)

CC/CC

93/89

1.00 (reference)

103/91

1.00 (reference)

CC/CT+TT

132/131

0.95 (0.65-1.39)

146/129

0.99 (0.69-1.44)

CT+TT/CC

115/127

0.87 (0.59-1.27)

87/135

0.57 (0.39-0.84)

CT+TT/CT+TT

132/114

1.10 (0.75-1.62)

143/123

1.02 (0.71-1.48)

  1. * adjusted for age, sex and BMI; different from reference (p = 0.005) or CT+TT/CT+TT (p = 0.002)