the associations between genetic polymorphisms in ADH1B (rs1229984) and ALDH2 (rs671), alcohol consumption, the effect of a combination of the two polymorphisms, and breast cancer risk were studied in a population of East-Asian women. In this study, 623 breast cancer cases and 1845 controls, aged 40 or above, were included. The association between ALDH2 polymorphism and breast cancer risk was validated in 2143 breast cancer cases and 3977 controls. Alcohol consumption increased the risk of breast cancer regardless of ADH1B and ALDH2 genotypes. The rs671 polymorphism of ALDH2 was independently associated with increased breast cancer risk (oR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.02-1.58 per increment of A). The ADH1B rs1229984 polymorphism, and combined effects of the rs671 and rs1229984 polymorphisms, did not reveal any significant association with breast cancer. Stratification by menopausal status revealed that rs671 gene polymorphisms were significantly associated with breast cancer only in postmenopausal women (oR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.03-2.05 per increment of A). This is the first study to demonstrate an independent association between ALDH2 gene variants and breast cancer in Asian women. further studies are warranted to further elucidate the etiology of breast cancer as it relates to alcohol consumption in Asian women. open Scientific RepoRtS | (2020) 10:6564 | https://doi.population 12 , new studies exploring the associations and interactions among alcohol consumption, related ethanol-metabolizing genes, and breast cancer are warranted. Thus, in the present study, we investigated the association among genetic, functionally established single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ADH1B (rs1229984) and ALDH2 (rs671), alcohol consumption, and their combined effects and breast cancer risk in an East-Asian population.
Scientific RepoRtS |(2020) 10:6564 | https://doi.
Statistical analysis.The relationship between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk was assessed with a simple logistic regression and a multiple logistic regression adjusted for age at menarche, age at first full term pregnancy, age at menopause, body mass index, smoking status, and rs671/rs1229984 genotype. The relationship between rs671 genotype, rs1229984 genotype, and breast cancer risk was additionally assessed with a simple and a multiple logistic regression adjusted for age at menarche, age at first full term pregnancy, age at menopause, body mass index, smoking status, and alcohol consumption. To assess the association between each SNP and breast cancer, the codominant, dominant, and additive models were considered. In addition, the combined effects of rs671 and rs1229984 genotype on breast cancer were assessed. The ALDH2 and ADH1B genotypes and alcohol intake status were collectively studied to evaluate their combined effect on breast cancer risk. Stratified by ALDH2, ADH1B, and a combination of ALDH2/ADH1B genotypes, the association among alcohol consumption itself, daily alcohol intake, and breast cancer was evaluated with odds ratio (OR) and P-value. In ad...