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. 2016 Dec 21;8(4):6630–6641. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14250

Table 1. Characteristics of the National Cancer Center (NCC) subjects, stratified by disease status and sex.

Total Men Women
Case (n=450) Control (n=1050) P value† Case (n=297) Control (n=492) P value† Case (n=153) Control (n=558) P value†
n Mean ±S.D n Mean ±S.D n Mean ±S.D n Mean ±S.D n Mean ±S.D n Mean ±S.D
Age (years) 450 55.40±10.74 1050 52.04±8.52 <.0001 297 56.58±10.08 492 54.1±8.73 0.001 153 53.12±11.61 558 50.23±7.91 <0.0001
ALDH2 genotype (rs671) 0.19 0.54 0.47
A/A 5(1.11) 22(2.10) 4(1.35) 10(2.03) 1(0.65) 12(2.15)
A/G 141(31.33) 292(27.81) 103(34.68) 155(31.50) 38(24.84) 137(24.55)
G/G 304(67.56) 736(70.10) 190(63.97) 327(66.46) 114(74.51) 409(73.30)
Alcohol intake (g/day), only among drinkers 289 26.70±32.07 687 14.61±19.73 <.0001 224 32.34±33.96 405 20.81±22.64 <0.0001 65 7.26±10.72 282 5.70±8.86 0.28
Alcohol drinking status by amount (%) <.0001 <0.0001 0.36
Never/Rare drinkers (<3 g/day) 183(44.85) 578(55.05) 73(27.34) 148(30.08) 110(78.01) 430(77.06)
Light drinkers (3-20 g/day) 90(22.06) 298(28.38) 66(24.72) 186(37.80) 24(17.02) 112(20.07)
Heavy drinkers (≥20 g/day) 135(33.09) 174(16.57) 128(47.94) 158(32.11) 7(4.96) 16(2.87)
Smoking status (%) <.0001 0.002 0.57
Non-smoker 170(39.26) 614(58.48) 39(13.54) 96(19.51) 131(90.34) 518(92.83)
Ex-smoker 132(30.48) 262(24.95) 125(43.40) 244(49.59) 7(4.83) 18(3.23)
Current smoker 131(30.25) 174(16.57) 124(43.06) 152(30.89) 7(4.83) 22(3.94)
Education level (%) <.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
<12 years 153(35.42) 141(14.21) 99(34.49) 57(12.45) 54(37.24) 84(15.73)
≥12 years 279(64.58) 851(85.79) 188(65.51) 401(87.55) 91(62.76) 450(84.27)
Household income -10,000 KRW/month (%) <0.0001 <0.0001 0.001
Below 200 151(39.22) 175(18.8) 103(40.08) 70(15.98) 48(37.50) 155(21.30)
200-400 138(35.84) 424(45.54) 99(38.52) 213(48.63) 39(30.47) 211(42.80)
Above 400 96(24.94) 332(35.66) 55(21.40) 155(35.39) 41(32.03) 177(35.90)
Fruit and vegetable intake (%)a,b <.0001 0.41 0.0012
Lowest tertile (<426.55 g/day) 193(46.06) 344(33.43) 140(50.72) 224(46.09) 53(37.06) 120(22.10)
Middle tertile (<649.47 g/day) 124(29.59) 341(33.14) 82(29.71) 151(31.07) 42(29.37) 190(34.99)
Highest tertile (≥649.47 g/day) 102(24.34) 344(33.43) 54(19.57) 111(22.84) 48(33.57) 233(42.91)
H. pylori infection status (%) <.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Positive 412(91.56) 639(60.86) 272(91.58) 324(65.85) 140(91.50) 315(56.45)
Negative 38(8.44) 411(39.14) 25(8.42) 168(34.15) 13(8.50) 243(43.55)
Family history of gastric cancer in 1st degree relatives (%) 0.0002 0.004 0.11
Yes 93(20.67) 138(13.14) 67(22.56) 71(14.43) 26(16.99) 67(12.01)
No 357(79.22) 912(86.86) 230(77.44) 421(85.57) 127(83.01) 491(87.99)