Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of digestive tract cancer patients and controls n (%)
|
Cancer |
Control |
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| Oral SCC | Esophageal SCC | Gastric adenocarcinoma | Colon adenocarcinoma | 1st hospital-based control | 2nd hospital-based control | Community-based control | |
| n | 199 | 317 | 196 | 240 | 305 | 403 | 395 |
| Age mean ± SD | 50.6 ± 9.9 | 58.3 ± 11.6 | 63.2 ± 13.5 | 64.5 ± 12.7 | 57.1 ± 11.4 | 60.0 ± 10.2 | 40.2 ± 6.2 |
| (min, med, max) | (26, 50, 78) | (34, 58, 86) | (22, 65, 91) | (24, 66, 89) | (34, 57, 82) | (39, 60, 84) | (30, 40, 58) |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 188 (90.5) | 301 (95.0) | 123 (62.8) | 139 (57.9) | 289 (94.8) | 374 (92.8) | 204 (51.6) |
| Female | 11 (5.5) | 16 (5.0) | 73 (37.2) | 101 (42.1) | 16 (5.2) | 29 (7.2) | 191 (48.4) |
| Educational level | |||||||
| ≤ primary school | 117 (58.8) | 176 (55.5) | 118 (60.2) | 133 (55.4) | 78 (25.6) | 162 (40.2) | 41 (10.4) |
| Junior high & high school | 76 (38.2) | 120 (37.9) | 53 (27.0) | 72 (30.0) | 93 (30.5) | 76 (18.9) | 241 (61.0) |
| > high school | 6 (3.0) | 21 (6.6) | 25 (12.8) | 35 (14.6) | 134 (43.9) | 165 (40.9) | 113 (28.6) |
| Cigarette smoking | |||||||
| No | 32 (16.1) | 39 (12.3) | 101 (51.5) | 143 (59.6) | 168 (55.1) | 248 (61.5) | 283 (71.6) |
| Yes | 167 (83.9) | 278 (87.7) | 95 (48.5) | 97 (40.4) | 137 (44.9) | 155 (38.5) | 112 (28.4) |
| Alcohol consumption | |||||||
| No | 64 (32.2) | 60 (18.9) | 145 (74.0) | 193 (80.4) | 215 (70.5) | 288 (71.5) | 298 (75.4) |
| Yes | 135 (67.8) | 257 (81.1) | 51 (26.0) | 47 (19.6) | 90 (29.5) | 115 (28.5) | 97 (24.6) |
| Betel quid chewing | |||||||
| No | 29 (14.6) | 149 (47.0) | 171 (87.2) | 213 (88.8) | 280 (91.8) | 381 (94.5) | - |
| Yes | 170 (85.4) | 168 (53.0) | 25 (12.8) | 27 (11.2) | 25 (8.2) | 22 (5.5) | - |
SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma.