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. 2019 Jan 3;11:431–442. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S167311

Table S1.

Univariate analysis of esophageal lesions risk factors

Precursor lesions
Premalignant/malignant lesions
Reflux esophagitis
OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P
Age (years) <0.001 <0.001 0.002
41–50 vs ≤40 1.59 (0.98, 2.78) 1.06 (0.38, 4.44) 1.24 (0.94, 1.66)
51–60 vs ≤40 2.42 (1.48, 4.23) 3.76 (1.38, 15.48) 1.52 (1.14, 2.05)
>60 vs ≤40 3.36 (1.80, 6.46) 10.87 (3.61, 46.90) 1.56 (1.03, 2.34)
Gender <0.001 0.009 <0.001
Female vs Male 0.62 (0.50, 0.79) 0.54 (0.32, 0.86) 0.23 (0.19, 0.28)
Race 0.614 0.174 0.834
Others vs Han 0.71 (0.11, 2.29) 3.21 (0.52, 10.58) 1.09 (0.47, 2.20)
Married 0.273 0.986 0.344
Others vs Married 1.59 (0.66, 3.25) 1.02 (0.06, 4.67) 0.72 (0.34, 1.38)
Education 0.002 <0.001 0.489
 High school vs College 1.69 (1.18, 2.49) 1.15 (0.59, 2.46) 0.94 (0.77, 1.17)
Middle school vs College 1.37 (0.97, 2.02) 0.91 (0.47, 1.94) 1.03 (0.84, 1.27)
Primary school vs College 2.17 (1.38, 3.47) 3.37 (1.58, 7.60) 0.89 (0.65, 1.20)
Occupation 0.319 <0.001 0.016
Peasant vs Worker 1.13 (0.48, 2.29) 3.15 (0.76, 8.77) 0.71 (0.38, 1.23)
Officer vs Worker 0.96 (0.71, 1.28) 2.34 (1.37, 3.86) 1.07 (0.90, 1.28)
Service vs Worker 1.21 (0.72, 1.92) 0.44 (0.02, 2.01) 0.83 (0.57, 1.18)
Retired vs Worker 1.39 (1.01, 1.86) 4.76 (2.92, 7.61) 0.83 (0.65, 1.04)
Others vs Worker 1.51 (0.71, 2.87) 1.09 (0.06, 5.07) 0.38 (0.16, 0.75)
Labor intensity 0.827 0.006 0.017
Moderate vs Light 0.97 (0.79, 1.19) 0.59 (0.37, 0.91) 1.19 (1.04, 1.36)
Heavy vs Light 0.92 (0.68, 1.22) 0.39 (0.16, 0.80) 1.21 (1.01, 1.46)
Income(¥) 0.119 0.008 0.232
2,001–3,000 vs ≤2,000 0.79 (0.62, 1.01) 0.52 (0.32, 0.84) 0.98 (0.83, 1.16)
3,001–4,000 vs ≤2,000 0.75 (0.57, 0.98) 0.44 (0.24, 0.76) 1.15 (0.96, 1.38)
>4,000 vs ≤2,000 0.75 (0.56, 0.99) 0.47 (0.25, 0.84) 1.01 (0.83, 1.22)
Mining exposure <0.001 0.033 <0.001
Yes vs No 1.49 (1.23, 1.80) 1.53 (1.04, 2.29) 1.95 (1.72, 2.21)
Mining exposure time (hours/week) <0.001 0.122 <0.001
1–40 vs 0 1.16 (0.82,1.61) 1.39 (0.68, 2.62) 1.94 (1.58, 2.37)
41–60 vs 0 1.53 (1.23, 1.91) 1.65 (1.04, 2.61) 1.96 (1.70, 2.28)
>60 vs 0 1.68 (1.26, 2.21) 1.67 (0.89, 2.95) 1.97 (1.62, 2.40)
Dust exposure 0.002 0.299 <0.001
Yes vs No 1.35 (1.12, 1.64) 1.23 (0.83, 1.84) 1.83 (1.61, 2.08)
Gas exposure 0.003 0.610 <0.001
Yes vs No 1.34 (1.11, 1.61) 0.90 (0.60, 1.33) 1.70 (1.50, 1.92)
Smoking 0.002 0.150 <0.001
Occasionally vs Yes 0.82 (0.55, 1.17) 1.00 (0.43, 2.03) 0.97 (0.78, 1.20)
Refrained vs Yes 1.19 (0.83, 1.66) 1.90 (0.97, 3.48) 0.91 (0.72, 1.15)
Never vs Yes 0.71 (0.58, 0.87) 0.86 (0.55, 1.33) 0.41 (0.36, 0.48)
Drinking <0.001 0.451 <0.001
Occasionally vs Yes 0.69 (0.55, 0.87) 1.08 (0.66, 1.74) 0.64 (0.55, 0.73)
Refrained vs Yes 0.67 (0.53, 0.85) 0.93 (0.56, 1.54) 0.35 (0.30, 0.42)
Never vs Yes 1.38 (0.85, 2.12) 2.06 (0.77, 4.62) 0.68 (0.47, 0.96)
Smoking exposure 0.016 0.333 <0.001
Yes vs No 1.38 (1.06, 1.84) 0.79 (0.50, 1.30) 1.69 (1.41, 2.04)
Smoking time >15 minutes 0.181 0.924 <0.001
Yes vs No 0.87 (0.70, 1.07) 0.98 (0.63, 1.48) 0.70 (0.61, 0.81)
Disease history 0.816 0.188 0.010
No vs Yes 0.98 (0.81, 1.18) 0.77 (0.52, 1.14) 0.85 (0.75, 0.96)
Heart disease 0.207 0.807 0.840
No vs Yes 0.82 (0.61, 1.12) 0.92 (0.50, 1.89) 1.02 (0.83, 1.27)
Diabetes 0.264 0.056 0.061
No vs Yes 1.41 (0.79, 2.87) 0.43 (0.21, 1.02) 0.73 (0.53, 1.02)
Hypertension 0.502 0.033 <0.001
No vs Yes 0.93 (0.75, 1.16) 0.63 (0.42, 0.96) 0.76 (0.66, 0.87)
Digestive disease 0.816 0.292 0.225
No vs Yes 1.03 (0.79, 1.36) 0.76 (0.47, 1.29) 1.12 (0.94, 1.34)
Respiratory disease 0.536 0.342 0.079
No vs Yes 0.90 (0.66, 1.26) 0.74 (0.42, 1.42) 0.83 (0.68, 1.02)
Tumor history 0.827 0.879 0.821
No vs Yes 0.98 (0.80, 1.20) 0.97 (0.64, 1.49) 1.02 (0.89, 1.16)
Other disease history 0.507 0.831 0.664
No vs Yes 0.91 (0.71, 1.20) 0.96 (0.81, 1.15)
Tea consumption <0.001 0.038 <0.001
No vs Yes 1.80 (1.33, 2.50) 0.60 (0.39, 0.97) 0.75 (0.64, 0.87)
Eating postures 0.644 0.069 0.463
Sit vs Squat 0.91 (0.47, 2.04) 0.80 (0.25, 4.87) 1.34 (0.80, 2.40)
Stand vs Squat 1.93 (0.27, 8.65) 0.73 (0.88, 68.48) 0.87 (0.13, 3.47)
High temperature food intake 0.095 0.561 0.511
No vs Yes 1.18 (0.97, 1.43) 1.13 (0.76, 1.69) 0.96 (0.85, 1.09)
Fast eating 0.238 0.631 0.087
No vs Yes 1.12 (0.93, 1.35) 0.91 (0.61, 1.34) 0.90 (0.79, 1.02)
Salted food consumption 0.449 0.654 0.544
Rarely or Never vs Yes 0.93 (0.77, 1.13) 1.10 (0.73, 1.67) 0.96 (0.85, 1.09)
Fried food consumption 0.103 0.270 <0.001
Rarely or Never vs Yes 0.84 (0.68, 1.04) 0.78 (0.52, 1.22) 0.79 (0.69, 0.91)
Chilli food consumption 0.295 0.187 0.724
Rarely or Never vs Yes 1.12 (0.91, 1.40) 1.36 (0.86, 2.24) 0.98 (0.85, 1.12)
Moldy food consumption 0.751 0.83 0.916
No vs Yes 1.20 (0.44, 4.94) 0.80 (0.17, 14.18) 1.04 (0.54, 2.26)
Leek food consumption 0.339 0.535 0.702
Rarely or Never vs Yes 0.88 (0.66, 1.15) 0.97 (0.81, 1.15)
Bean food consumption 0.177 0.701 0.334
Rarely or Never vs Yes 0.83 (0.63, 1.08) 0.90 (0.50, 1.51) 0.92 (0.77, 1.09)
Meat/egg/milk consumption 0.359 0.223 0.115
Rarely or Never vs Yes 0.83 (0.54, 1.22) 0.56 (0.17, 1.35) 0.81 (0.62, 1.05)
Dry food consumption 0.133 0.198 0.404
Rarely or Never vs Yes 1.17 (0.95, 1.43) 1.32 (0.87, 2.05) 1.06 (0.93, 1.20)
Maize consumption 0.177 0.075 0.530
Rarely or Never vs Yes 1.14 (0.94, 1.38) 1.43 (0.96, 2.12) 1.04 (0.92, 1.18)
Fresh vegetable consumption 0.036 0.316 0.213
Rarely or Never vs Yes 10−6 (10–38, 0.22) 10−6 (10−59, 526.04) 0.50 (0.12, 1.41)
Fresh fruit consumption 0.143 0.090 <0.001
Rarely or Never vs Yes 1.15 (0.95, 1.39) 1.40 (0.95, 2.10) 1.45 (1.28, 1.65)
Sauerkraut consumption 0.288 0.667 0.656
No vs Yes 1.16 (0.88, 1.56) 0.89 (0.53, 1.57) 0.96 (0.81, 1.45)
Water source 0.839 0.481 0.316
Natural vs Others 1.04 (0.67, 1.55) 1.34 (0.56, 2.70) 1.15 (0.87, 1.49)
Foreign residency 0.017 0.137 0.483
No vs Yes 0.60 (0.41, 0.91) 0.53 (0.26, 1.26) 0.89 (0.66, 1.23)