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Table 3 Sex-stratified results of HNSCC PRS with significant associations in the UK Biobank

From: Polygenic risk score-based phenome-wide association study of head and neck cancer across two large biobanks

Phenotype description

 

Male (n = 140,232)

Female (n = 168,260)

Sex-interaction

No. of cases (%)

OR per SD increase (95% CI)

P-value

OR per SD increase (95% CI)

P-value

P-value for interaction

HNSCC PRS

 Tobacco use disorder

20,599 (6.7%)

1.06 (1.04–1.08)

3.06 × 10−8

1.07 (1.04–1.09)

1.26 × 10−8

.207

 Alcoholism

9636 (3.1%)

1.06 (1.03–1.09)

1.44 × 10−5

1.07 (1.03–1.11)

9.08 × 10−5

.886

 Alcohol-related disorders

6015 (1.9%)

1.08 (1.05–1.12)

5.95 × 10−7

1.07 (1.02–1.13)

4.35 × 10−3

.830

 Emphysema

2096 (0.7%)

1.10 (1.04–1.16)

1.50 × 10−3

1.13 (1.05–1.21)

9.79 × 10−4

.470

 Chronic airway obstruction

9151 (3.0%)

1.04 (1.02–1.08)

2.95 × 10−3

1.05 (1.02–1.09)

2.94 × 10−3

.591

 Cancer of bronchus; lung

2781 (0.9%)

1.10 (1.05–1.16)

2.74 × 10−4

1.06 (1.00–1.12)

4.04 × 10−2

.365

  1. Analyses were adjusted by age, genotype array, and PC 1 to 10
  2. Abbreviations: HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, OC oral cavity cancer, OPC oropharynx cancer, PRS polygenic risk score, SD standard deviation, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, PC principal component