Table 5

Association between XRCC1 condon 194 and 399 polymorphisms and NPC risk stratified by age range (yr)

Genotype

<60

≥60


Cases

Controls

Adjusted ORa (95% CI)

P value

Cases

Controls

Adjusted ORa (95%CI)

P value


XRCC1 Arg194Trp

Arg/Arg

189

190

1.00

42

45

1.00

Arg/Trp

151

179

0.85(0.62–1.16)

0.30

17

38

0.48(0.23–0.99)

0.05*

Trp/Trp

17

37

0.52(0.28–0.96)

0.04

1

6

0.27(0.03–2.52)

0.25

XRCC1 Arg399Gln

Arg/Arg

210

228

1.00

27

42

1.00

Arg/Gln

131

159

0.83(0.61–1.13)

0.23

25

41

0.84(0.38–1.86)

0.67

Gln/Gln

22

25

1.09(0.58–2.05)

0.79

10

6

1.75(0.48–6.44)

0.40


aAdjust OR were calculated with the XRCC1 194Arg/Arg or 399Arg/Arg genotype as the reference group and adjusted for sex, smoking status.

*P-value was not significant after Bonferroni's correction.

Cao et al. BMC Cancer 2006 6:167   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-6-167

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