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. 2013 Dec 9;8(12):e82646. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082646

Table 3. Gastric damages and risk factors.

CI NA GA IM GC Total
Age <50 y 340/372(91.4) 278/372(74.7) 293/372(78.8) 38/372(10.2) 17/372(4.6) 378/801(47.2)
>50 y 384/419(91.6) 307/419(73.3) 351/419(83.8) 78/419(18.6) 32/419(7.6) 423/801(52.8)
p value 0.5 0.34 0.04 0.0005 0.04
Gender Male 389/418(93.1) 310/418(74.2) 339/418(81.1) 79/418(18.9) 30/418(7.2) 424/801(52.9)
Female 335/373(89.8) 275/373(73.7) 305/373(81.8) 37/373(9.9) 19/373(5.1) 377/801(47.1)
p value 0.06 0.47 0.44 0.0002 0.14
Smoking Yes 189/200(94.5) 159/200(79.5) 157/200(78.5) 31/200(15.5) 16/200(8) 204/780(26.2)
No 514/570(90.2) 411/570(72.1) 471/570(82.6) 81/570(14.2) 32/570(5.6) 576/780(73.8)
p value 0.03 0.02 0.1 0.36 0.15
Alcohol Yes 64/68(94.1) 49/68(72.1) 52/68(76.5) 12/68(17.6) 5/68(7.4) 69/780(8.8)
No 639/702(91) 521/702(74.2) 576/702(82.1) 100/702(14.2) 43/702(6.1) 711/780(91.2)
p value 0.27 0.39 0.16 0.27 0.42
Living area Rural 247/265(93.2) 198/265(74.7) 230/265(86.8) 47/265(17.7) 22/265(8.3) 271/780(34.7)
Urban 456/505(90.3) 372/505(73.7) 398/505(78.8) 65/505(12.9) 26/505(5.1) 590/780(65.3)
p value 0.10 0.41 0.003 0.04 0.06
H.pylori* Positive 440/473 (93) 375/473(79.3) 399/473(84.4) 50 /473(10.6) 25/473(5.3) 478/801(59.7)
Negative 284/318(89.3) 210/318 (66) 245 /318(77) 66 /318(20.8) 24/318(7.5) 323/801(40.3)
p value 0.04 0.00002 0.006 0.00006 0.12

* H.pylori PCR result