Research Article

Potentially Functional Polymorphisms in POU5F1 Gene Are Associated with the Risk of Lung Cancer in Han Chinese

Table 4

Stratified analysis on the associations of rs887468 and rs3130457 in POU5F1 with lung cancer risk.

Characteristicsrs887468 (G>A)rs3130457 (A>G)
CaseControlOR (95% CI)CaseControlOR (95% CI)

Age0.0930.079
 ≤60450/136/10689/185/91.11 (0.88–1.40)0.392463/124/9705/170/81.09 (0.85–1.38)0.498
 >60547/186/12899/183/171.45 (1.18–1.79)<0.001567/169/9921/165/131.46 (1.17–1.82)<0.001
Gender0.7490.398
 Male712/222/151100/241/171.32 (1.09–1.59)0.004734/200/151126/219/131.35 (1.11–1.64)0.003
 Female285/100/7488/127/91.25 (0.95–1.65)0.105296/93/3500/116/81.16 (0.87–1.56)0.312
Smoking status0.1700.455
 Current 493/133/8697/166/131.08 (0.86–1.36)0.511503/124/7715/152/91.14 (0.89–1.44)0.296
 Former 127/52/666/19/11.54 (0.9–2.64)0.114135/44/669/16/11.53 (0.87–2.68)0.136
 Never 377/137/8825/183/121.44 (1.14–1.81)0.002392/125/5842/167/111.37 (1.07–1.75)0.011
Pack-years0.3310.680
 0377/137/8825/183/121.44 (1.14–1.81)0.002392/125/5842/167/111.37 (1.07–1.75)0.011
 0–25193/53/6393/85/71.21 (0.86–1.70)0.270200/47/5403/76/61.19 (0.83–1.70)0.336
 >25427/132/8370/100/71.11 (0.86–1.45)0.422438/121/8381/92/41.18 (0.90–1.56)0.231
Histology type0.1980.285
 Squamous cell carcinoma 370/103/81588/368/261.12 (0.88–1.42)0.358381/92/81626/335/211.14 (0.88–1.46)0.319
 Adenocarcinoma627/219/141588/368/261.36 (1.15–1.62)<0.001649/201/101626/335/211.35 (1.13–1.62)0.001

Wild-type homozygote/heterozygote/variant homozygote. Adjusted for age, gender, and pack-years of smoking where appropriate in additive model. for heterogeneity.