©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2010; 16(5): 641-647
Published online Feb 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i5.641
Published online Feb 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i5.641
Table 1 Characteristics of ESCC patients and controls n (%)
| Variables | Controls (n = 326) | Patients (n = 128) | P value |
| Age (yr) | |||
| Median (range) | 61 (55-78) | 63 (58-81) | 0.950 |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 160 | 58 | |
| Male | 166 | 70 | 0.470 |
| Smoking status | |||
| Non-smokers | 112 (34.3) | 26 (20.3) | |
| Ex-smokers | 152 (46.7) | 66 (51.6) | |
| Current smokers | 62 (19.0) | 36 (28.1) | 0.007 |
| Alcohol use | |||
| Never | 81 (24.9) | 15 (11.7) | |
| Ever | 245 (75.1) | 113 (88.3) | 0.002 |
| Metastasis | |||
| No | 92 (71.9) | ||
| Yes | 36 (28.1) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||
| Kazakh | 89 (27.3) | 39 (30.5) | |
| Uygur | 87 (26.7) | 30 (23.4) | |
| Han | 150 (46.0) | 59 (46.1) | 0.703 |
- Citation: Ma WJ, Lv GD, Zheng ST, Huang CG, Liu Q, Wang X, Lin RY, Sheyhidin I, Lu XM. DNA polymorphism and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a population of North Xinjiang, China. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16(5): 641-647
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v16/i5/641.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v16.i5.641