Table 2.
Relation of MSI to Life Style in 100 CRC Patients
| Variables | MSI |
P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSS/MSI-L | MSI-H | ||||||
| Total=100 | N | % | N | % | |||
| Smoking status | Never smoker | 71 | 45 | 63.4 | 26 | 36.6 | 0.84 |
| Ever Smoker (current &former) | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 10 | 34.5 | ||
| History of alcohol consumption |
No | 97 | 63 | 64.9 | 34 | 35.1 | 0.294 |
| Yes | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | ||
| Contraceptive pills (n=56) | No | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 14 | 38.9 | 0.571 |
| Yes | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 6 | 30.0 | ||
| Median consumption of fruits and vegetables (Serving/day) | 100 | 0.71 (0.07-2.50) | 0.64 (0.29-2.43) | 0.837 | |||
| Eating fast food (Habitual) | No | 75 | 51 | 68.0 | 24 | 32.0 | 0.229 |
| Yes | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 12 | 48.0 | ||
| Eating processed meat | No | 59 | 37 | 62.7 | 22 | 37.3 | 0.833 |
| Yes | 41 | 27 | 65.9 | 14 | 34.1 | ||
| Physical activity | Low | 59 | 43 | 72.9 | 16 | 27.1 | 0.026 |
| Moderate or high | 41 | 21 | 51.2 | 20 | 48.8 | ||
| BMI | <=25 | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 11 | 61.1 | 0.019 |
| 25-30 | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 13 | 39.4 | ||
| >30 | 49 | 37 | 75.5 | 12 | 24.5 | ||
| *P-value for trend | 0.006 | ||||||
MSI, Microsatellite instability; MSS/MSI-L, Microsatellite stable / Microsatellite instability low; MSI-H, Microsatellite instability High; BMI, Body mass index