In a population-based case-control study in the U.S., we examined risks of histologically confirmed esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas in relation to polymorphisms of the following genes: GSTP; GSTM1; GSTT1; NAT1; and CYP1A1. For the GSTP1 Val/Val genotype (vs. Ile/Ile), the respective ORs of esophageal, cardia, and other gastric adenocarcinomas were 1.73 (0.75–4.02), 1.46 (0.57–3.73), and 1.22 (0.48–3.09), while no consistent patterns of elevated risk were associated with the null GSTM1 or GSTT1 genotypes, one or two copies of NAT1*10 or *11 alleles, or CYP1A1 Val/Val or Ile/Val genotypes (vs. Ile/Ile)
