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 ± 11.097 | 62.31 ± 7.549 | 0.065 |
| | Age (years) | | <62 | 268 (46.45) | 324 (47.79) | | | ≥62 | 309 (53.55) | 354 (52.21) | 0.635 |
| | Sex | | Male | 394 (68.28) | 456 (67.26) | | | Female | 183 (31.72) | 222 (32.74) | 0.698 |
| | Smoking status | | Never | 378 (65.51) | 493 (72.71) | | | Ever | 199 (34.49) | 185 (27.29) | 0.006 |
| | Alcohol use | | Never | 453 (78.51) | 520 (76.70) | | | Ever | 124 (21.49) | 158 (23.30) | 0.443 |
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