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Table 2 Stratified analyses of the COMT gene polymorphism and lung cancer risk

From: Association between Catechol-O-methyltransferase rs4680 (G > A) polymorphism and lung cancer risk

Variable

n

AA vs. GG

AG vs. GG

AA/AG vs. GG

AA vs. AG/GG

  

OR (95% CI)

p a

p b

OR (95% CI)

p a

p b

OR (95% CI)

p a

p b

OR (95% CI)

p a

p b

Total

6

1.088 (0.677-1.749)

0.729

0.001

1.107 (0.962-1.275)

0.157

0.407

1.085 (0.867-1.357)

0.477

0.03

1.037 (0.686-1.568)

0.863

0.002

Ethnicity

             

Asian

2

0.823 (0.351-1.930)

0.654

0.054

0.991 (0.634-1.549)

0.968

0.055

0.949 (0.566-1.592)

0.842

0.02

0.848 (0.438-1.642)

0.626

0.121

Caucasian

3

1.480 (0.627-3.491)

0.371

0.001

0.993 (0.797-1.238)

0.227

0.544

1.210 (0.845-1.732)

0.299

0.049

1.350 (0.642-2.839)

0.429

0.001

Control source

             

Hospital-based

3

0.836 (0.531-1.315)

0.438

0.112

1.061 (0.892-1.262)

0.505

0.136

0.946 (0.687-1.304)

0.735

0.047

0.854 (0.612-1.192)

0.354

0.236

Population-based

3

1.560 (0.562-4.336)

0.393

0.001

1.204 (0.945-1.534)

0.134

0.816

1.277 (0.929-1.755)

0.132

0.153

1.434 (0.519-3.966)

0.487

0.001

Smoking status

             

Never-smokers

2

0.846 (0.330-2.169)

0.728

0.043

1.064 (0.574-1.972)

0.844

0.012

1.016 (0.518-1.992)

0.963

0.004

0.842 (0.427-1.658)

0.618

0.13

Ever-smokers

2

2.326 (0.503-10.756)

0.28

0.014

0.994 (0.590-1.677)

0.983

0.096

1.174 (0.548-2.517)

0.680

0.010

2.394 (0.619-9.262)

0.206

0.028

  1. athe pooled p value; bp value for heterogeneity test.