Table 3.
Frequency of Allium Vegetable Intake and Stomach Cancer Risk in Shanghai
| Vegetable | All Stomach Cancer | Cardia | Distal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Cases | Controls | OR*&95% CI | Cases | Controls | OR*&95% CI | Cases | Controls | OR*&95% CI | |
| Onion Leaves | |||||||||
| Never | 387 (51.6) | 408 (54.4) | 1.00 | 51 (39.8) | 52 (40.6) | 1.00 | 336 (54.0) | 356 (57.2) | 1.00 |
| Occasional | 344 (45.9) | 321 (42.8) | 1.22 (0.94–1.57) | 72 (56.3) | 71 (55.5) | 0.91 (0.45–1.83) | 272 (43.7) | 250 (40.2) | 1.25 (0.95–1.66) |
| Often | 19 (2.5) | 21 (2.8) | 0.88 (0.43–1.82) | 5 (3.91) | 5 (3.91) | 0.94 (0.20–4.39) | 14 (2.3) | 16 (2.6) | 0.80 (0.35–1.84) |
| P for trend | 0.3015 | 0.8306 | 0.2947 | ||||||
| Scallions | |||||||||
| Never | 532 (70.9) | 526 (70.1) | 1.00 | 68 (53.1) | 71 (55.5) | 1.00 | 464 (74.6) | 455 (73.2) | 1.00 |
| Occasional | 197 (26.3) | 209 (27.9) | 0.87 (0.64–1.19) | 55 (43.0) | 53 (41.4) | 0.93 (0.45–1.90) | 142 (22.8) | 156 (25.1) | 0.81 (0.57–1.15) |
| Often | 21 (2.8) | 15 (2.0) | 1.48 (0.69–3.19) | 5 (3.9) | 4 (3.1) | 1.13 (0.24–5.36) | 16 (2.6) | 11 (1.8) | 1.49 (0.60–3.74) |
| P for trend | 0.9279 | 0.9615 | 0.6438 | ||||||
| Garlic Stalks | |||||||||
| Never | 269 (35.9) | 261 (34.8) | 1.00 | 39 (30.5) | 52 (40.6) | 1.00 | 230 (37.0) | 209 (33.6) | 1.00 |
| Occasional | 452 (60.3) | 457 (60.9) | 0.94 (0.74–1.21) | 85 (66.4) | 69 (53.9) | 1.56 (0.77–3.18) | 367 (59.0) | 388 (62.4) | 0.84 (0.64–1.10) |
| Often | 29 (3.9) | 32 (4.3) | 0.77 (0.43–1.40) | 4 (3.1) | 7 (5.5) | 0.81 (0.16–3.96) | 25 (4.0) | 25 (4.0) | 0.77 (0.40–1.47) |
| P for trend | 0.4413 | 0.4912 | 0.1806 | ||||||
| Garlic | |||||||||
| Never | 398 (53.1) | 411 (54.8) | 1.00 | 59 (46.1) | 73 (57.0) | 1.00 | 339 (54.5) | 338 (54.3) | 1.00 |
| Occasional | 331 (44.1) | 309 (41.2) | 1.11 (0.87–1.41) | 68 (53.1) | 50 (39.1) | 1.85 (0.96–3.58) | 263 (42.3) | 259 (41.6) | 0.99 (0.76–1.29) |
| Often | 21 (2.8) | 30 (4.0) | 0.68 (0.37–1.26) | 1 (0.8) | 5 (3.9) | 0.27 (0.03–2.76) | 20 (3.2) | 25 (4.0) | 0.72 (0.38–1.38) |
| P for trend | 0.9682 | 0.3216 | 0.5636 | ||||||
| Onions | |||||||||
| Never | 262 (35.5) | 266 (36.0) | 1.00 | 45 (35.2) | 47 (36.7) | 1.00 | 217 (34.9) | 219 (35.2) | 1.00 |
| Occasional | 305 (40.7) | 252 (33.6) | 1.20 (0.42–1.73) | 61 (47.7) | 55 (43.0) | 0.94 (0.38–2.35) | 244 (39.2) | 197 (31.7) | 1.27 (0.86–1.90) |
| Often | 183 (24.8) | 232 (31.4) | 0.66 (0.42–1.02) | 22 (17.2) | 26 (20.3) | 0.70 (0.22–2.23) | 161 (25.9) | 206 (33.1) | 0.62 (0.38–1.01) |
| P for trend | 0.0403 | 0.5175 | 0.0367 | ||||||
| Chinese Chives | |||||||||
| Never | 110 (14.7) | 116 (15.5) | 1.00 | 17 (13.3) | 17 (13.3) | 1.00 | 93 (15.0) | 99 (15.9) | 1.00 |
| Occasional | 553 (73.7) | 514 (68.5) | 1.12 (0.81–1.56) | 90 (70.3) | 83 (64.8) | 0.72 (0.23–2.29) | 463 (74.4) | 431 (69.3) | 1.15 (0.81–1.62) |
| Often | 87 (11.6) | 120 (16.0) | 0.61 (0.38–0.99) | 21 (16.4) | 28 (21.9) | 0.28 (0.07–1.19) | 66 (10.6) | 92 (14.8) | 0.66 (0.39–1.11) |
| P for trend | 0.1020 | 0.0641 | 0.2525 | ||||||
*
Adjusted for matching variables (age, gender), education, BMI, pack-years of smoking, alcohol drinking, salt intake, and vegetable and fruit intake