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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2009 Jul 1;125(1):139–145. doi: 10.1002/ijc.24328

Table 4.

Association between dietary factors and gastric cancer risk and stratified by NAT2 acetylator status.

Total subjects Rapid acetylators Slow/intermediate acetylators

Case/Control OR (95%CI)a Case/Control OR (95%CI)b Case/Control OR (95%CI)b
Nuts
  Low 335/243 1.0 154/101 1.0 181/142 1.0
  High 136/228 0.44 (0.34-0.59)* 57/97 0.39 (0.25-0.59)* 79/131 0.47 (0.33-0.67)*
Stew
  Low 165/241 1.0 78/94 1.0 87/147 1.0
  High 306/230 1.96 (1.50-2.58)* 133/104 1.60 (1.07-2.38)* 173/126 2.34 (1.64-3.34)*
Kimchi
  Low 106/241 1.0 55/101 1.0 51/140 1.0
  High 365/230 3.27 (2.44-4.37)* 156/97 3.03 (2.00-4.62)* 209/133 4.82 (3.23-7.19)*
Soybean pastes
  Low 185/241 1.0 86/97 1.0 99/144 1.0
  High 286/230 1.63 (1.24-2.14)* 125/101 1.42 (0.95-2.10) 161/129 1.82 (1.29-2.58)*
Nonfermented soybean foods
  Low 296/242 1.0 146/107 1.0 150/135 1.0
  High 175/229 0.57 (0.43-0.75)* 65/91 0.45 (0.29-0.69)* 110/138 0.63 (0.44-0.91)*
Nonfermented alliums
  Low 287/245 1.0 131/105 1.0 156/140 1.0
  High 184/226 0.71 (0.55-0.92)* 80/93 0.70 (0.47-1.04) 104/133 0.73 (0.51-1.03)
Nonfermented seaweeds
  Low 272/243 1.0 128/101 1.0 144/142 1.0
  High 199/228 0.78 (0.60-1.03)* 83/97 0.67 (0.45-1.00)* 116/131 0.86 (0.61-1.22)
Sodium
  Low 158/236 1.0 76/100 1.0 82/136 1.0
  High 313/235 2.14 (1.61-2.84)* 135/98 1.90 (1.27-2.85)* 178/137 2.30 (1.61-3.30)*
Vitamin B6
  Low 275/243 1.0 132/104 1.0 143/131 1.0
  High 196/236 0.71 (0.54-0.93)* 79/94 0.67 (0.45-1.00)* 117/142 0.75 (0.53-1.05)
Iron
  Low 263/235 1.0 125/97 1.0 138/138 1.0
  High 208/236 0.77 (0.59-1.02) 86/101 0.67 (0.45-1.00)* 122/135 0.91 (0.64-1.28)
a

Conditional logistic regression stratified by age and gender adjusted for total energy intake.

b

Unconditional logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, total energy intake.

*

p-value <0.05.