Research Article
PLCE1 Polymorphisms and Risk of Esophageal and Gastric Cancer in a Northwestern Chinese Population
Table 1
Characteristics of case and control.
| | Variables | Case (324) | Control (357) | | No. (%) | No. (%) |
| | Age, mean years (SD) | 57.4 | (11.4) | 50.4 | (12.7) | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 252 | (77.8) | 212 | (59.4) | | Female | 72 | (22.2) | 145 | (40.6) | | Tumor site | | | | | | EC | 48 | (14.8) | | | | CC | 35 | (10.8) | | | | NCC | 241 | (74.4) | | | | Pathology | | | | | | Adenocarcinoma | 223 | (68.8) | | | | Squamous carcinoma | 38 | (11.7) | | | | Unspecified | 63 | (19.4) | | | | Differentiation | | | | | | Poor | 117 | (36.1) | | | | Moderate to well | 117 | (36.1) | | | | Unspecified | 90 | (27.8) | | | | Tumor size | | | | | | ≤5cm | 153 | (36.2) | | | | >5cm | 71 | (16.8) | | | | Unspecified | 199 | (47.0) | | | | Tumor stage | | | | | | I-II | 174 | (53.7) | | | | III-IV | 62 | (19.1) | | | | Unspecified | 88 | (27.2) | | |
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EC, esophageal cancer; CC, cardia cancer; NCC, noncardia cancer.
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