Table 1.
Demographic findings of study population.
| Family history of gastric cancer | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent (n = 251) | Present (n = 65) | ||||
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Age (yr) | |||||
| ≤39 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.439 |
| 40-49 | 42 | 16.7 | 8 | 12.3 | |
| 50-59 | 101 | 40.2 | 27 | 41.5 | |
| 60-69 | 62 | 24.7 | 18 | 27.7 | |
| ≥70 | 26 | 10.4 | 10 | 15.4 | |
| Mean + SD | 55.9 ± 10.7 | 58.6 ± 9.3 | 0.059 | ||
| Gender | 0.306 | ||||
| Male | 177 | 70.5 | 50 | 76.9 | |
| Female | 74 | 29.5 | 15 | 23.1 | |
| Smoking | 0.432 | ||||
| Current | 67 | 28.5 | 17 | 28.3 | |
| Ex-smoker | 83 | 35.3 | 26 | 43.3 | |
| None | 85 | 36.2 | 17 | 28.3 | |
| Excess alcohol (>140 g/day) | 0.167 | ||||
| Yes | 112 | 47.5 | 35 | 57.4 | |
| No | 124 | 52.5 | 26 | 42.6 | |
| Excess salt intake | 0.839 | ||||
| Yes | 148 | 63 | 38 | 64.4 | |
| No | 87 | 37 | 21 | 35.6 | |
| EGD interval∗ | 0.046 | ||||
| <2 yr | 55 | 21.9 | 22 | 33.8 | |
| ≥2 yr | 196 | 78.1 | 43 | 66.2 | |
EGD: esophagogastroduodenoscopy; SD: standard deviation. ∗Interval between the time of upper GI endoscopy confirming normal findings and the time of cancer diagnosis.