Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of 921 Mexican patients with chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer and gastric cancer
| Diagnosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CG n = 767 n (%) |
GU n = 115 n (%) |
GC n = 39 n (%) |
p value | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤20 years old | 32 (4.2) | 3 (2.6) | 0 | <0.001δ |
| 20–39 years old | 218 (28.4) | 20 (17.4) | 9 (23.1) | |
| 40–59 years old | 348 (45.4) | 48 (41.7) | 9 (23.1) | |
| ≥60 years old | 169 (22) | 44 (38.3) | 21 (53.8) | |
| Gender n (%) | ||||
| Female | 471 (61.4) | 65 (56.5) | 24 (61.5) | 0.603Ф |
| Male | 296 (38.6) | 50 (43.5) | 15 (38.5) | |
| Education n (%) | ||||
| College or higher | 367 (47.9) | 43 (37.4) | 3 (7.7) | <0.001δ |
| High school | 114 (14.9) | 16 (13.9) | 5 (12.8) | |
| Junior high school | 90 (11.7) | 5 (4.4) | 4 (10.3) | |
| Elementary school | 143 (18.6) | 31 (26.9) | 15 (38.5) | |
| Uneducated | 53 (6.9) | 20 (17.4) | 12 (30.7) | |
| Smoking habit n (%) | ||||
| No | 441 (57.5) | 53 (46.1) | 20 (51.3) | 0.060Ф |
| Current or previous smoker | 326 (42.5) | 62 (53.9) | 19 (48.7) | |
| Alcohol drinking n (%) | ||||
| No | 185 (24.1) | 37 (32.2) | 9 (23.1) | 0.170Ф |
| Drinker or exdrinker | 582 (75.9) | 78 (67.8) | 30 (76.9) | |
| Overcrowding n (%) | ||||
| No | 477 (62.2) | 90 (78.3) | 25 (64.1) | 0.004Ф |
| Yes | 290 (37.8) | 25 (21.7) | 14 (35.9) | |
CG chronic gastritis, GU gastric ulcer, GC gastric cancer
Ф X2 test; δ Exact Fisher test