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Table 4 Number of risk-genotypes of three DNA repair genes and colorectal cancer risk by age at diagnosis and by tumor site

From: Polymorphisms of the XRCC1, XRCC3, & XPDgenes, and colorectal cancer risk: a case-control study in Taiwan

 

Number of risk-genotypes*

 
 

0

1

2

3

Pb

Age at diagnosis

     

< = 60 years

     

Cases/Controls

7/20

114/126

169/155

29/17

 

OR

1.0

2.58

3.12

4.90

0.004

(95% CI)a

(reference)

(1.05–6.33)

(1.28–7.58)

(1.72–14.0)

 

>60 years

     

Cases/Controls

11/14

161/167

198/203

25/25

 

OR

1.0

1.24

1.25

1.28

0.74

(95% CI)a

(reference)

(0.55–2.82)

(0.55–2.83)

(0.49–3.35)

 

Tumor site

     

Colon

     

Cases/Controls

10/34

132/293

177/358

23/42

 

OR

1.0

1.51

1.65

1.86

0.16

(95% CI)a

(reference)

(0.72–3.14)

(0.80–3.42)

(0.78–4.44)

 

Rectum

     

Cases/Controls

8/34

143/293

190/358

31/42

 

OR

1.0

2.13

2.32

3.18

0.03

(95% CI)a

(reference)

(0.96–4.73)

(1.05–5.11)

(1.29–7.82)

 
  1. *Risk-genotype was defined as genotype with OR>1 as shown in Table 3.
  2. a: ORs and 95% CIs were estimated from unconditional logistic regressions, controlling for age and gender
  3. b: p for trend test