title: Lymphotoxin-alpha polymorphism and the risk of cervical cancer in Japanese subjects.
abstract: To examine the possible association between cervical cancer and Lymphotoxin-alpha (LT(alpha)) polymorphisms, C804A and A252G, an incident case-control study was conducted in Japanese. The cases were 131 cervical cancer patients. Controls were 320 healthy women. Risk estimation was conducted by an unconditional logistic model. Complete linkage disequilibrium was seen between LT(alpha) C804A and LT(alpha) A252G. We found that, compared with the 804CC genotype, 804CA and 804AA were associated with a decreased risk of cervical cancer (OR = 0.64, 95% CI = 0.40-1.02; and OR = 0.45, 95% CI = 0.21-0.95, respectively), especially of SCC (OR = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.32-0.91; and OR = 0.39, 95% CI = 0.16-0.92, respectively).
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine/Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan. ytt-niwa@xg7.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yoshimitsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Keitaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikoma
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nawa
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuzuya
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamakoshi
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamajima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012307:Risk Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha