Table 1.
Characteristics of patients and controls. IM/DYS gastric intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia, NAG H. pylori non-atrophic gastritis, HC healthy controls, BMI body mass index, GC gastric cancer.
| IM/DYS (N = 45) |
NAG (N = 45) |
HC (N = 45) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | <60 | 20 (44%) | 21 (47%) | 24 (53%) |
| ≥60 | 25 (56%) | 24 (53%) | 21 (47%) | |
| Sex | Female | 21 (47%) | 22 (49%) | 23 (51%) |
| Male | 24 (53%) | 23 (51%) | 22 (49%) | |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian | 45 (100%) | 45 (100%) | 45 (100%) |
|
BMI (kg/m2) mean ± SD |
23.64 ± 2.61 | 23.67 ± 2.89 | 23.69 ± 2.77 | |
| Smoking habits | Never | 34 (75%) | 35 (77%) | 38 (84%) |
| Ever | 11 (25%) | 11 (23%) | 7 (16%) | |
| Alcohol use | Never/rare drinker | 31 (68%) | 32 (71%) | 37 (81%) |
| Drinker | 14 (32%) | 13 (29%) | 8 (19%) | |
| Family history of GC | No | 42 (93%) | 43 (95%) | 45 (100%) |
| Yes | 3 (7%) | 2 (5%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Pernicious anemia | No | 45 (100%) | 45 (100%) | 45 (100%) |
| Yes | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |