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. 2008 Dec 4;8:359. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-359

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of case-control study population

Characteristics Controls Cases p-value
1. Age n = 407 n = 407
 Median age 60.8 60.8
 Range 30 – 84 30 – 78
2. Gender, n, (%) n = 407, (%) n = 407, (%)
 Male 302, (74.2) 303, (74.5) 0.94
 Female 105, (25.8) 104, (25.6)
3. Smoking status, n, (%) n = 309, (%) n = 396, (%)
 Non-smoker 162, (52.4) 108, (27.3) <0.0001
 Smoker 147, (47.6) 288, (72.7)
4. Drinking status, n, (%) n = 224, (%) n = 310, (%)
 Non-drinker 78, (34.8) 118, (38.1) 0.44
 Drinker 146, (65.2) 192, (61.9)
5. Histological cell type, n, (%) N = 388, (%)
 Adenocarcinoma 157, (40.5)
 Squamous cell 123, (31.7)
 Small cell 79, (20.4)
 Other carcinomaa 29, (7.5)

a Large cell, mixed cell carcinomas or undifferentiated carcinoma