Table 4.
Dietary patterns’ characteristics according to selected sociodemographic variables for all participants
| Characteristics | Healthy | Western | Lower consumers-combination | Medium consumers-combination | Higher consumers-combination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population groups (male:%) | Normal control (39.8%) | 89.1% | 84.0% | 79.7% | 82.4% | 84.1% |
| Esophagitis (45.8%) | 6.9% | 9.7% | 14.7% | 12.6% | 10.4% | |
| LGIN (47.0%) | 3.3% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 4.5% | |
| HGIN and ESCC (52.7%) | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
| Age | 40–50 | 33.4% | 28.0% | 27.4% | 33.1% | 33.8% |
| 51–60 | 44.3% | 45.3% | 42.6% | 41.6% | 41.3% | |
| 61–69 | 22.3% | 26.7% | 30.0% | 25.3% | 24.9% | |
| Gender | Male | 41.3% | 46.4% | 40.0% | 38.9% | 46.0% |
| Female | 58.7% | 53.6% | 60.0% | 61.1% | 54.0% | |
| Education | Never been to school | 14.9% | 13.3% | 16.1% | 14.5% | 12.0% |
| Primary school | 34.3% | 33.0% | 39.6% | 35.4% | 30.8% | |
| Middle school | 39.8% | 43.9% | 35.6% | 38.7% | 42.2% | |
| High school and above | 11.0% | 9.8% | 8.7% | 11.4% | 15.0% | |
| BMI | < 18.5 | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.0% |
| 18.5–23.9 | 46.6% | 44.1% | 48.9% | 44.7% | 48.3% | |
| 24.0–27.0 | 39.7% | 40.1% | 39.4% | 40.9% | 39.7% | |
| > 27.0 | 11.9% | 13.8% | 9.9% | 12.5% | 10.1% | |
| Smoking status | Never smoked | 74.9% | 64.5% | 77.5% | 77.5% | 73.2% |
| Current smoking | 20.6% | 27.1% | 19.9% | 18.4% | 22.0% | |
| Previous smoking | 4.5% | 8.4% | 2.7% | 4.1% | 4.8% | |
| Drinking status | No alcohol consumption | 62.0% | 57.6% | 75.6% | 63.9% | 64.3% |
| < 1 time/week | 28.8% | 20.1% | 19.5% | 29.1% | 20.0% | |
| ≥1 time/week | 9.2% | 22.3% | 4.95% | 7.0% | 15.7% | |
Note: LGIN low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, HGIN high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, ESCC esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, BMI body mass index