Characteristics of Oral Microbiota in Patients with Esophageal Cancer in China

Table 1

General demographic characteristics of the esophageal cancer group and the control group.

Variable	Control	ESCC patients	/ value
Age	61.00 (55.00~70.00)	66.00 (56.00~68.50)	554.00-	0.773
Gender (/%)			3.32	0.069
Female	12 (34.29)	5 (15.15)
Male	23 (65.71)	28 (84.85)
BMI ()			1.84	0.070
Smoking (/%)			0.992	0.319
<35 years	18 (51.43)	13 (37.14)
≥35 years	17 (48.57)	20 (62.86)
Drinking (/%)			5.842	<0.05
<100 ml/day	25 (71.43)	14 (42.42)
≥100 ml/day	10 (28.57)	19 (57.58)
Frequency of eating spicy food (/%)			4.37	0.358
Never	7 (20.00)	3 (9.09)
1-3 times/month	6 (17.14)	5 (15.15)
1-2 times/week	8 (22.86)	4 (12.12)
3-5 times/week	6 (17.14)	9 (27.27)
Every day	8 (22.86)	12 (36.36)
Missing teeth (/%)			6.77	0.148
None	19 (54.29)	12 (36.36)
1-4	11 (31.43)	12 (36.36)
5-8	2 (5.71)	2 (6.06)
9-11	3 (8.57)	2 (6.06)
≥12	0 (0.00)	5 (15.15)
Frequency of brushing teeth (/%)			5.17	0.075
Never	0 (0.00)	3 (9.09)
1 time/day	20 (57.14)	22 (66.67)
≥2 times/day	15 (42.86)	8 (24.24)

Note: (P25~P75); ESCC: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; .