Research Article

Association of Pre-miR-146a rs2910164 Polymorphism with Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Table 5

Association of rs2910164 and clinical characteristics under different models of inheritance with OR (95% CI) (adjusted by age and gender).

CharacteristicsCodominant 1Codominant 2DominantRecessiveOverdominantLog-additive

Stage (III-IV versus 0–II)0.65 (0.39–1.09)0.75 (0.37–1.55)0.67 (0.41–1.10)1.02 (0.55–1.91)0.73 (0.46–1.13)0.82 (0.57–1.18)
Metastasis (yes versus no)0.84 (0.63–1.12)0.86 (0.58–1.28)0.85 (0.64–1.11)0.97 (0.68–1.37)0.88 (0.69–1.14)0.91 (0.75–1.11)
Location (bilateral versus unilateral)1.20 (0.88–1.63)0.99 (0.64–1.51)1.15 (0.85–1.55)0.87 (0.60–1.26)1.20 (0.92–1.57)1.02 (0.83–1.26)
Diameter (>1 cm versus ≤1 cm)0.73 (0.56–0.96)0.79 (0.55–1.13)0.74 (0.57–0.96)0.97 (0.71–1.32)0.80 (0.63–1.01)0.86 (0.72–1.03)
Benign tumor (yes versus no)1.12 (0.86–1.46)1.10 (0.77–1.56)1.12 (0.87–1.44)1.02 (0.75–1.38)1.08 (0.86–1.36)1.06 (0.89–1.26)
Thyroiditis (yes versus no)1.47 (0.92–2.36)1.04 (0.53–2.03)1.37 (0.87–2.18)0.80 (0.44–1.43)1.45 (0.97–2.19)1.08 (0.80–1.47)

Codominant 1: CG versus CC; codominant 2: GG versus CC; dominant: CG/GG versus CC; recessive: GG versus CC/CG; overdominant: CG versus CC/GG.
Significant OR (95% CI) in bold.