A single nucleotide polymorphism in the alcohol dehydrogenase 7 gene (alanine to glycine substitution at amino acid 92) is associated with the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The authors conducted a hospital-based study of 1110 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) and a control group of 1129 patients to replicate the associations reported by a recent, large European study between 2 potentially functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) genes, a substitution in ADH1B at amino acid 48 from arginine to histidine (R48H) (reference SNP number [rs]1229984; guanine to adenine [G-->A]) and a substitution in ADH7 at amino acid 92 from alanine to glycine (A92G) (rs1573496; cytosine to guanine [C-->G]), and the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN).

Methods

Multivariate logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confide

SUBMITTER: Wei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2891145 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature