Association between p53 codon 72 genetic polymorphism and tobacco use and lung cancer risk

Dante D. Cáceres, Luis A. Quiñones, Jane C. Schroeder, Leonel D. Gil, Carlos E. Irarrázabal

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Abstract

Lung cancer (LCa) is the leading cause of death by cancer in men. Genetic and environmental factors play a synergistic role in its etiology. We explore in 111 lung cancer cases and 133 unrelated noncancer controls the gene-environment interaction (G × E) between p53cd72 polymorphism variants and smoking and the effect on LCa risk in two kinds of case-control designs. We assessed the interaction odds ratio (IOR) using an adjusted unconditional logistic model. We found a significant and positive interaction association between Proallele carriers and smoking habits in both case-control and case-only designs: IOR = 3.90 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.10-13.81) and 3.05 (95% CI = 1.63-5.72), respectively. These exploratory results suggest a synergistic effect of the smoking habit and the susceptibility of the Pro allele on lung cancer risk compared with each risk factor alone.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)110-115
Number of pages6
JournalLung
Volume187
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The National Fund of Scientific Development and Technology (FONDECYT) (Grant No. 2990019) supported this work. Dr. Dante Cáceres thanks Dr. Nevin Schrimshaw and the Ellison Medical Foundation-International Nutrition Foundation.

Keywords

  • Case control
  • Case only
  • Gene-environment interaction
  • Genetic polymorphisms
  • Lung cancer
  • Risk effect modification
  • Synergistic effect

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