Table 1.
Participant characteristics (n=1042)
| Characteristics | N (%) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 390 (37.4) |
| Female | 652 (62.6) |
| Ages (years) | |
| 18–36 | 584 (56.0) |
| 36–60 | 412 (39.5) |
| ≥60 | 46 (4.5) |
| Education level | |
| Primary school and below | 86 (8.3) |
| Secondary school or technical secondary school | 403 (38.7) |
| University or junior college | 486 (46.6) |
| Graduate student or above | 67 (6.4) |
| Occupation | |
| State functionary | 60 (5.8) |
| Company staff | 185 (17.8) |
| Teacher | 73 (7.0) |
| Medical staff | 103 (9.9) |
| Worker | 79 (7.6) |
| Farmer | 117 (11.2) |
| Self-employed | 75 (7.2) |
| Student | 194 (18.6) |
| Other | 156 (15.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 378 (36.3) |
| Married | 638 (61.3) |
| Divorced | 13 (1.2) |
| Widowed | 13 (1.2) |
| Residence | |
| Urban | 640 (61.4) |
| Rural | 402 (38.6) |
| Income (¥) | |
| <3000 | 500 (48.0) |
| 3000–5000 | 302 (29.0) |
| 5000–10000 | 187 (17.9) |
| ≥10 000 | 53 (5.1) |
| Family history of gastric cancer | |
| Yes | 67 (6.4) |
| No | 975 (93.6) |
| Health status | |
| Unhealthy | 374 (35.9) |
| Suboptimal | 605 (58.1) |
| Healthy | 63 (6.0) |
| Indigestion, stomach discomfort or pain | |
| Yes | 501 (48.1) |
| No | 541 (51.9) |
| Helicobacter pylori infection | |
| Yes | 124 (11.9) |
| No | 215 (20.6) |
| Undetected | 703 (67.5) |
| Related diseases of stomach | |
| Yes | 255 (24.5) |
| No | 600 (57.6) |
| Do not know | 187 (17.9) |
| Stress | |
| No stress | 161 (15.5) |
| Low | 237 (22.7) |
| Moderate | 545 (52.3) |
| High | 99 (9.5) |