Table 3

Odds Ratios (95% CI) of gastric cancer for SNPs in metabolic genes according to smoking status and alcohol habits


Never-smokers (57 cases, 146 controls)
Ever-smokers (50 cases, 108 controls)
p for heterogeneity


cases/controls
OR (95% CI) * †
cases/controls
OR (95% CI)



GSTM1 null
33/70
1.55 (0.83–2.90)
26/64
0.70 (0.35–1.39)
0.10
GSTT1 null
21/34
2.09 (1.06–4.11)
18/23
2.17 (1.02–4.59)
0.92
CYP1A1*2A
14/33
1.09 (0.53–2.27)
8/23
0.66 (0.27–1.61)
0.40
CYP2E1*5
4/11
0.86 (0.26–2.88)
1/9
0.20 (0.02–2.70)
0.24
CYP2E1*5A or *6
10/17
1.59 (0.67–3.79)
5/10
0.99 (0.31–3.13)
0.58
NAT2 Slow ‡
34/77
1.39 (0.74–2.60)
30/54
1.50 (0.75–2.98)
0.87
SULT1A1 His carriers
22/62
0.86 (0.45–1.64)
27/36
2.58 (1.27–5.25)
0.03
EPHX1 exon 3 His carriers
28/62
1.31 (0.70–2.46)
28/56
1.12 (0.57–2.22)
0.69
EPHX4 exon 4 Arg carriers
21/63
0.84 (0.44–1.60)
16/38
0.89 (0.43–1.85)
0.85


Never-drinkers (32 cases, 121 controls)
Ever-drinkers (73 cases, 133 controls)
p for heterogeneity


cases/controls
OR (95% CI)
cases/controls
OR (95% CI)



GSTM1 null
16/64
0.95 (0.43–2.10)
43/70
1.23 (0.69–2.20)
0.55
GSTT1 null
13/24
3.15 (1.32–7.47)
26/33
1.72 (0.92–3.22)
0.27
CYP2E1*5
0/10
-
5/10
0.86 (0.28–2.68)
-
CYP2E1*5A or *6
1/19
0.18 (0.22–1.46)
14/8
3.70 (1.45–9.37)
0.001
SULT1A1 His carriers
16/51
1.42 (0.63–3.17)
33/47
1.56 (0.86–2.82)
0.98

* OR adjusted for age and gender

† Reference groups are the homozygous wild genotypes for each gene

‡ Reference group is fast acetylators (homo-heterozygous for the wild-type allele)

Boccia et al. BMC Cancer 2007 7:206   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-7-206