Table 2. Pearson correlation between age-adjusted rate of gastric cancer (stratified by early and traditional cases) and some of the possible risk factors of gastric cancer reported in BRFSS in 2014.
| Risk factors | E-gastric cancer | T-gastric cancer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | P value | R | P value | ||
| Current smoking | 0.089 | 0.794 | 0.221 | 0.513 | |
| Heavy alcohol drinking* | 0.661 | 0.027 | 0.751 | 0.008 | |
| Obesity** | <0.001 | 1 | 0.051 | 0.882 | |
*, defined as: adult men having more than 14 drinks per week and adult women having more than 7 drinks per week; **, defined as: body mass index ≥30. BRFSS, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey; E-gastric cancer, early-onset gastric cancer; T-gastric cancer, traditional-onset gastric cancer.