Gene-environment interactions between smoking and a haplotype of RAI, ASE-1 and ERCC1 polymorphisms among women in relation to risk of lung cancer in a population-based study

Ulla Birgitte Vogel, Mette Sørensen, Rikke Dalgaard Hansen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Håkan Wallin, Bjørn A. Nexø, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen

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Abstract

Homozygous carriers of a haplotype consisting of ERCC1 Asn118Asn(A), ASE-1 G-21A(G), RAI IVS1 A4364G(A) are at increased risk of lung cancer especially among women. Here, we analyse for gene-environment interactions with the predefined haplotype in a case cohort study including 428 lung cancer cases and a comparison group of 800 persons, all from the prospective Diet, Cancer and Health cohort of 57,000 Danes. At high smoking intensity (> 20 g tobacco/day), there was only additional risk of smoking intensity among women who were homozygous carriers of the haplotype (IRR=2.03; 95% CI: 1.10-3.73 per 5 additional g tobacco/day). (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
JournalCancer Letters
Volume247
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)159-165
ISSN0304-3835
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

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