Table 3.

Interaction between smoking and STAT4 genotypes.

OR (95% CI)
CrudepAdjusted*p
GG genotype + nonsmoking1.0 (reference)1.0 (reference)
GG genotype + smoking2.09 (1.13–3.85)0.0172.65 (1.35–5.21)0.005
T allele carrier + nonsmoking1.52 (0.96–2.41)0.0721.36 (0.81–2.30)0.248
T allele carrier + smoking3.45 (1.90–6.24)< 0.00014.37 (2.22–8.62)< 0.0001
Multiplicative interaction measure1.08 (0.47–2.47)0.8541.21 (0.48–3.3)0.681
Additive interaction measure
  Relative excess due to interaction0.83 (−1.15 to 2.82)0.4121.37 (−1.46 to 4.20)0.343
  Attributable proportion due to interaction0.24 (−0.26 to 0.74)0.3470.31 (−0.20 to 0.82)0.234
  Synergy index1.53 (0.55 to 4.24)0.4141.66 (0.59 to 4.65)0.336
  • * Adjusted for age, region, and alcohol intake.