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Table 6 Common haplotypes in the As3MT gene and bladder cancer by average level of arsenic from drinking water

From: Genetic variation in Glutathione S-Transferase Omega-1, Arsenic Methyltransferase and Methylene-tetrahydrofolate Reductase, arsenic exposure and bladder cancer: a case–control study

 

All Subjects

*As ≤3.72 μg/L

As >3.72 μg/L

Haplotype**

Cases (%)

Controls (%)

OR‡† (95% CI)

Cases (%)

Controls (%)

OR (95% CI)

Cases (%)

Controls (%)

OR (95% CI

T-T-G-T-A

57.5

58.3

1.00

58.1

55.2

1.00

55.4

67.5

1.00

C-G-C-T-G

22.0

22.7

0.97 (0.71 – 1.34)

20.8

24.3

0.78 (0.53 – 1.13)

25.4

17.9

1.92 (0.98 – 3.76)

T-G-C-C-G

11.1

9.3

1.20 (0.78 – 1.84)

9.9

11.0

0.86 (0.52 – 1.41)

14.5

4.4

3.90 (1.39 – 10.9)

C-T-C-T-A

6.0

5.5

1.14 (0.64 – 2.01)

7.1

5.3

1.42 (0.75 – 2.69)

2.8

6.4

0.54 (0.13 – 2.22)

  1. * Time-weighted average arsenic (As) concentration across lifecourse; dichotomized at the approximate 75% percentile in.
  2. distribution among controls.
  3. † OR = odds ratio CI==confidence interval.
  4. ‡ Adjusted for age and smoking history.
  5. ** Order of 5 As3MT SNPs in haplotype models (rs1046778, rs3740400, rs11191438, rs11191439, rs7085104).