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Genetic Variations in Inflammatory Response Genes and Their Association with the Risk of Prostate Cancer

Table 4

Gene-environment interaction between the polymorphisms and smoking status.

Interaction for interactionOR (95% CI)

NFKB1    smoking status0.31
NFKB1 -94 ins/ins    nonsmokersRef.
NFKB1 -94 ins/del    smokers1.01 (0.76–1.33)0.96
NFKB1 -94 del/del    smokers0.74 (0.50–1.10)0.14

NFKBIA    smoking status0.71
NFKBIA -826CC    nonsmokersRef.
NFKBIA -826CT    smokers1.13 (0.80–1.60)0.49
NFKBIA -826TT    smokers1.41 (0.35–5.66)0.63

COX-2    smoking status<0.01
COX-2 (-1195GG)    nonsmokersRef.
COX-2 (-1195GA)    smokers1.29 (0.98–1.69)0.07
COX-2 (-1195AA)    smokers1.76 (1.28–2.41)<0.01

COX-1    smoking status0.13
COX-1 (50CC)    nonsmokersRef.
COX-1 (50CT)    smokers1.46 (0.92–2.32)0.11
COX-1 (50TT)    smokers2.38 (0.57–10.00)0.24

PPARG    smoking status0.23
PPARG Pro/Pro    nonsmokersRef.
PPARG Pro/Ala    smokers0.92 (0.50–1.68)0.11
PPARG Ala/Ala    smokersN/AN/A

There were two factors involved (polymorphism and smoking status) in each testing; hence, significance is assumed at after application of Bonferroni correction.