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Table 3 Frequency of the combined genotypes (TNFα-1031T/C & NOD2 3020insC) and changes in the OR with increasing age of diagnosis in consecutively collected colorectal cancer patients.

From: Inflammatory response gene polymorphisms and their relationship with colorectal cancer risk

  

NOD2 WT/WT

NOD2 WT/insC + insC/insC

Age groups

Gene

Controls

CRC

OR (95% CI)

Controls

CRC

OR (95% CI)

≤ 50

TNFα T/T

65

61

1.00

6

2

0.34 (0.07–1.80)

 

TNFα T/C

23

29

1.36 (0.71–2.62)

1

3

3.18 (0.32–31.47)

 

TNFα C/C

3

4

1.44 (0.31–6.70)

1

0

0.00

p = 0.22

       

>50

TNFα T/T

319

329

1.00

21

39

1.80 (1.04–3.14)

 

TNFα T/C

127

113

0.86 (0.64–1.16)

19

12.6

0.82 (0.41–1.62)

 

TNFα C/C

21

8

0.37 (0.16–0.84)

1

3

2.95 (0.30–28.58)

p = 0.12

       

>60

TNFα T/T

236

245

1.00

16

31

1.87 (1.00–3.52)

 

TNFα T/C

98

85

0.83 (0.59–1.17)

17

14

0.80 (0.38–1.65)

 

TNFα C/C

16

5

0.29 (0.11–0.82)

0

3

---

p = 0.02

       

>70

TNFα T/T

111

119

1.00

9

20

2.08 (0.91–4.76)

 

TNFα T/C

51

37

0.67 (0.41–1.11)

9

6

0.63 (0.22–1.83)

 

TNFα C/C

6

3

0.46 (0.11–1.89)

0

1

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p = 0.24