Table II.
Socio-demographic data of subjects according to histological findings.
| Endoscopic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Non CAG (n=35) | CAG (n=34) | Gastric tumour (n=3) | Total (n=72) |
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 54.6±16.3 | 57.1±16.6 | 64.3±8.5 | 56.2±16.2 |
| Sex, n | ||||
| Male | 17 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| Female | 18 | 20 | 1 | 39 |
| Ethnicity, n | ||||
| Malay | 16 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| Chinese | 17 | 18 | 1 | 36 |
| Indian | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Level of education | ||||
| Primary | 9 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| Secondary | 12 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Tertiary | 14 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD) | 23.5±4.2 | 24.4±4.6 | 21.0±6.0 | 23.7±4.5 |
| Medical history | ||||
| Diabetic | 10 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| Not diabetic | 25 | 23 | 2 | 50 |
| Hypertension | 17 | 13 | 1 | 31 |
| Normotension | 18 | 21 | 2 | 41 |
| IHD | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| No IHD | 32 | 28 | 3 | 63 |
| Stroke | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| No stroke | 32 | 33 | 3 | 68 |
| ESRF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Non ESRF | 31 | 34 | 2 | 67 |
CAG, chronic atrophic gastritis; SD, standard deviation; IHD, ischemic heart disease; ESRF, end stage renal failure.