Research Article

Association of Genetic Polymorphisms in TNFRSF11 with the Progression of Genetic Susceptibility to Gastric Cancer

Table 2

Distribution of selected demographic variables and risk factors in gastric cancer cases and controls.

Overall cases (n = 577)Overall controls (n = 678)
n (%)n (%)

Age (years)61.34 ± 11.09762.31 ± 7.5490.065

Age (years)
 <62268 (46.45)324 (47.79)
 ≥62309 (53.55)354 (52.21)0.635

Sex
 Male394 (68.28)456 (67.26)
 Female183 (31.72)222 (32.74)0.698

Smoking status
 Never378 (65.51)493 (72.71)
 Ever199 (34.49)185 (27.29)0.006

Alcohol use
 Never453 (78.51)520 (76.70)
 Ever124 (21.49)158 (23.30)0.443