Table 1.
Selected characteristics of the study subjects from a United States multi- center, population-based, case-control study of esophageal and gastric cancer
| Controls N = 687 |
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma N = 282 |
Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma N = 255 |
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma N = 206 |
Non-Cardia Gastric Cancer N = 352 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Age | 61.8 | 63.7 | 62.5 | 64.8 | 65.9 |
| Usual BMI | 25.4 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 24.3 | 25.3 |
| Smoking history | |||||
| % Never | 35.4 | 22.3 | 21.3 | 10.2 | 29.9 |
| % Former | 42.8 | 50.0 | 47.0 | 42.7 | 44.4 |
| % Current | 21.8 | 27.7 | 31.6 | 47.1 | 25.6 |
| Energy kcal/day | 1930 | 1993 | 2026 | 1879 | 1967 |
| Sex % Male | 79.9 | 83.3 | 85.1 | 80.5 | 69.3 |
| Race % nonwhite | 5.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 20.9 | 8.5 |
| Site % | |||||
| New Jersey | 48.3 | 48.6 | 43.9 | 45.2 | 48.3 |
| Connecticut | 29.7 | 27.3 | 31.0 | 37.9 | 31.5 |
| Washington | 22.0 | 24.1 | 25.1 | 17.0 | 20.2 |
| Proxy status % Proxy | 3.4 | 30.9 | 25.9 | 34.5 | 30.1 |
| Mean alcohol intake (drinks per week) |
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| Beer | 5.9 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 16.2 | 5.6 |
| Wine | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| Liquor | 8.5 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 30.0 | 6.1 |