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. 2012 Sep 5;7(9):e44478. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044478

Table 2. Demographic and pathological characteristics of patients and controls.

Cases (n = 510) Control (n = 510)
Variable No. % No. % P a value
Sex 0.402
Men 321 62.9 308 60.4
Women 189 37.1 202 39.6
Age (y) 0.133
<58 240 47.1 264 51.8
≥58 270 52.9 246 48.2
Smoking status 0.017
Smoker 263 51.6 225 44.1
Nonsmoker 247 48.4 285 55.9
Stage at diagnosis
I 41 8.0
II 181 35.5
III 162 31.8
IV 25 4.9
Unknow 101 19.8
Grade at diagnose
Low 56 11.0
Intermediate 116 22.7
High 231 45.3
Unknow 107 21.0
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Two-side chi-square test.