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Table 5 Covariable effects of age, alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking and ADH1B*2–ALDH2*2 haplotype on MN-RET frequency

From: Effect of gene polymorphisms and ethanol consumption on micronucleus frequency in human reticulocytes: a preliminary study

Factors

Differences in MN-RET frequency (95% CI)

P

ADH1B*2–ALDH2*2a × age

0.00270 (−0.0210 to 0.0265)

0.823

ADH1B*2–ALDH2*2 × alcohol drinking

0.03434 (0.00748 to 0.0612)

0.012

ADH1B*2–ALDH2*2 × cigarette smoking

0.01198 (−0.0149 to 0.03890)

0.383

  1. CI Confidence interval
  2. aADH1B*2–ALDH2*2 haplotype