Table 1.
Participants’ Characteristics
| Cases (n = 80) |
Controls (n = 146) |
pa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Age group (years) | 0.058 | ||
| 20–29 | 1 (1.3) | 4 (2.7) | |
| 30–39 | 3 (3.7) | 12 (8.2) | |
| 40–49 | 10 (12.5) | 31 (21.2) | |
| 50–59 | 24 (30.0) | 53 (36.3) | |
| 60–69 | 28 (35.0) | 31 (21.2) | |
| ≥ 70 | 14 (17.5) | 15 (10.3) | |
| Education level | 0.231 | ||
| Primary school | 16 (20.0) | 19 (13.0) | |
| Secondary school | 36 (45.0) | 64 (43.8) | |
| High school or higher | 28 (35.0) | 63 (43.2) | |
| Family history of cancer | 0.238 | ||
| Yes | 7 (8.8) | 7 (4.8) | |
| No | 73 (91.2) | 139 (95.2) | |
| Tobacco smoking | 0.009 | ||
| Current | 42 (52.5) | 67 (45.9) | |
| Ex | 29 (36.3) | 41 (28.1) | |
| Never | 9 (11.2) | 38 (26.0) | |
| Alcohol consumption | 0.034 | ||
| Ever | 71 (88.8) | 108 (74.0) | |
| Never | 9 (11.2) | 38 (26.0) | |
| H. pylori status | 0.062 | ||
| Negative | 25 (31.3) | 63 (43.2) | |
| Equivocal | 15 (18.7) | 27 (18.5) | |
| Positive | 40 (50.0) | 56 (38.3) | |
a p-value generated through a chi-square test