Research Article

Association of Environmental Arsenic Exposure, Genetic Polymorphisms of Susceptible Genes, and Skin Cancers in Taiwan

Table 4

Multivariate analysis of genetic polymorphisms in glutathione S-transferase family, reactive oxidative stress genes, and DNA repair genes.

GeneCaseControl OR (95% CI) value
Number(%)Number(%)

GSTM1
Nonnull25(35.71)86(41.15)1.00(Referent)0.46
Null45(64.29)123(58.85)1.26(0.68–2.39)

GSTT1
Nonnull27(38.57)109(52.15)1.00(Referent)0.30
Null43(61.43)100(47.85)1.36(0.76–2.46)

GSTP1 (Ile105Val, rs1695)
W/W44(62.86)143(68.10)1.00(Referent)1.00(Referent)0.56
W/M26(37.14) 59(28.10)1.17(0.57–2.37)1.21(0.64–2.30)
M/M0 8(3.81)

NQO1 (C609T, rs1800566)
C/C18(26.47)70(35.00)1.00(Referent)1.00(Referent)0.41
C/T36(52.94)104(52.00)1.08(0.51–2.29)1.33(0.68–2.58)
T/T14(20.59)26(13.00)2.12(0.77–5.86)

EPHX1 (Tyr113His, rs1051740)
T/T4(6.15)31(16.40)1.00(Referent)1.00(Referent)0.07
T/C27(41.54)56(29.63)3.25(1.01–10.54)2.71(0.90–8.25)
C/C34(52.31)102(53.97)2.32(0.74–7.31)

EPHX1 (His139Arg, rs2234922)
G/G04(1.94)1.00(Referent)0.35
A/G15(22.06)50(24.27)
A/A53(77.94)152(73.79)0.71(0.35–1.48)

HO-1 (5′-site GT repeats)
L/L17(26.15)47(23.62)1.00(Referent)0.45
S/L34(52.31)111(55.78)
S/S14(21.54)41(20.60)0.94(0.42–2.08)

XRCC1 (Arg280His, rs25489)
His/His04(1.93)1.00(Referent)0.39
Arg/His 9(13.04)39(18.84)
Arg/Arg60(86.96)164(79.23)0.69(0.28–1.62)

XRCC1 (Arg399Gln, rs25487)
Arg/Arg35(50.72)114(55.34)1.00(Referent)1.00(Referent)0.76
Arg/Gln26(37.68)71(34.47)1.18(0.57–2.43)1.11(0.59–2.07)
Gln/Gln8(11.59)21(10.19)0.90(0.30–2.66)

XPD (C156A, rs238406)
CC10(14.93)54(26.34)1.00(Referent)1.00(Referent)0.17
AC40(59.70)110(53.66)1.60(0.72–3.55)1.71(0.79–3.69)
AA17(25.37)41(20.00)2.06(0.82–5.19)

hOGG1 (Ser326Cys, rs1052133)
Cys/Cys22(32.35)82(39.42)1.00(Referent)1.00(Referent)0.41
Ser/Cys37(54.41)103(49.52)1.16(0.57–2.37)0.77(0.41–1.45)
Ser/Ser9(13.24)23(11.06)1.17(0.38–3.63)

ATM (INV48 +238C>G, rs609429)
CC21(36.21)77(37.75)1.00(Referent)1.00(Referent)0.81
CG26(44.83)89(43.63)1.08(0.49–2.34)1.08(0.57–2.08)
GG11(18.97)38(18.63)1.44(0.57–3.69)

OR adjusted for age, gender, cumulative arsenic exposure, and monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) percentage.