Research Article

PLCE1 Polymorphisms and Risk of Esophageal and Gastric Cancer in a Northwestern Chinese Population

Table 4

Stratified analysis for the association between tSNPs in PLCE1 and EC and GC risk.

Variablesrs3765524Adjusted ORPrs2274223Adjusted ORPrs10509670Adjusted ORP
(Case/Control)(Case/Control)(Case/Control)
CCCT/TT(95%CI)AAAG/GG(95%CI)AAAG/GG(95%CI)

Age, years
 ≤ 5358/15955/1091.34(0.86-2.10)0.20362/16150/1071.18(0.75-1.86)0.46463/16150/1051.18(0.75-1.85)0.478
 >53110/64101/242.56(1.41-4.64)0.002 115/6896/212.63(1.43-4.82)0.002 115/6896/212.63(1.43-4.82)0.002
Sex
 Male130/137122/741.84(1.19-2.82)0.006 136/139116/731.72(1.12-2.64)0.014 135/139117/721.76(1.15-2.71)0.010
 Female38/8634/591.34(0.74-2.42)0.33941/9030/551.25(0.68-2.28)0.47643/9029/541.16(0.63-2.12)0.636
Tumor site
 EC25/22323/1332.61(1.22-5.55)0.013 24/22923/1283.01(1.39-6.50)0.005 25/22923/1261.40(1.05-1.86)0.022
 CC11/22324/1335.99(2.28-15.77)<0.00112/22923/1285.31(2.09-13.50)<0.00112/22923/1265.31(2.09-13.50)<0.001
 NCC142/223114/1331.47(1.03-2.12)0.036 152/229104/1281.36(0.95-1.96)0.098152/229104/1261.36(0.95-1.96)0.096
Pathology
 Adenocarcinoma172/223141/1331.45(1.02-2.06)0.041 181/229132/1281.36(0.95-1.94)0.092180/229133/1261.38(0.97-1.97)0.078
 Squamous carcinoma21/22320/1332.23(1.05-4.72)0.037 20/22921/1282.71(1.28-5.76)0.010 20/22921/1262.72(1.28-5.77)0.009
Differentiation
 Poor85/22359/1331.30(0.85-1.97)0.22286/22958/1281.33(0.87-2.03)0.18286/22958/1261.40(1.05-1.86)0.022
 Moderate to well92/22383/1331.72(1.07-2.76)0.026 97/22978/1281.61(1.00-2.58)0.050 96/22979/1261.67(1.04-2.68)0.034
Tumor size
 ≤ 5 cm104/223100/1331.81(1.20-2.72)0.005 114/22990/1281.59(1.05-2.39)0.027 115/22989/1261.54(1.02-2.32)0.039
 > 5 cm58/22343/1331.44(0.88-2.34)0.14860/22941/1281.39(0.85-2.27)0.19260/22941/1261.40(0.85-2.28)0.183
Tumor stage
 I-II129/223115/1331.60(1.09-2.33)0.016 136/229108/1281.50(1.03-2.19)0.036 137/229107/1261.47(1.01-2.15)0.047
 III-IV45/22332/1331.38(0.79-2.40)0.26247/22930/1281.35(0.77-2.36)0.29745/22932/1261.53(0.88-2.68)0.134

Notes. The adjusted OR is derived from the correction for age and gender. The results were in bold, if the P value < 0.05.
EC, esophageal cancer; GC, gastric cancer; CC, cardia cancer; NCC, noncardia cancer.