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. 2019 Apr 17;40(10):1191–1197. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgz074

Table 1.

Host characteristics

Discovery Validation
Variables Cases, n (%) Controls, n (%) P-value Cases, n (%) Controls, n (%) P-value
Age, mean (SD) 59.0 (9.2) 58.9 (9.0) 0.87 59.1 (10.9) 59.7 (10.0) 0.36
BMI, mean (SD) 30.4 (6.7) 28.4 (5.6) 2.28E-03 30.3 (6.2) 28.5 (5.5) 1.23E-06
Sex
 Male 135 (74.2) 135 (74.2) 323 (64.6) 381 (69.2)
 Female 47 (25.8) 47 (25.8) 1.00 177 (35.4) 170 (30.8) 0.12
Age (years)
 <60 87 (47.8) 92 (50.6) 245 (49.0) 284 (51.5)
 ≥60 95 (52.2) 90 (49.4) 0.60 255 (51.0) 267 (48.5) 0.41
Ever smoking
 Yes 99 (54.4) 88 (48.4) 235 (47.0) 266 (48.3)
 No 83 (45.6) 94 (51.6) 0.25 265 (53.0) 285 (51.7) 0.68
BMI (kg/m2)
 <30 102 (56.0) 125 (68.7) 246 (56.4) 373 (67.9)
 ≥30 80 (44.0) 57 (31.3) 0.01 190 (43.6) 176 (32.1) 2.02E-04
Hypertension
 Yes 133 (73.1) 72 (39.6) 289 (57.8) 236 (42.8)
 No 49 (26.9) 110 (60.4) 1.15E-10 211 (42.2) 315 (57.2) 1.25E-06
Diabetes
 Yes 36 (19.8) 25 (13.7) 67 (13.5) 77 (14.0)
 No 146 (80.2) 157 (86.3) 0.12 430 (86.5) 474 (86.0) 0.82

SD, standard deviation.