Case-control study of diabetes-related genetic variants and pancreatic cancer risk in Japan

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Case Control Study

World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2014; 20(46): 17456-17462
Published online Dec 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17456

Table 1 Selected characteristics of cases and controls n (%)

	Casesn = 360	Controlsn = 400
Age, mean ± SD	67.8 ± 8.8	64.8 ± 9.5
Sex
Male	215 (59.7)	226 (56.5)
Female	145 (40.3)	174 (43.5)
BMI, mean ± SD	22.9 ± 3.3	22.8 ± 3.2
History of diabetes
Yes	87 (24.1)	35 (8.7)
No	269 (74.7)	362 (90.5)
Cigarette smoking
Ever	215 (59.7)	198 (49.5)
Never	145 (40.2)	202 (50.5)
Age upon starting smoking (mean ± SD)	21.8 ± 4.8	20.5 ± 4.5
Number of cigarettes smoked per day (mean ± SD)	20.3 ± 9.0	16.2 ± 9.2

BMI: Body mass index.

Citation: Kuruma S, Egawa N, Kurata M, Honda G, Kamisawa T, Ueda J, Ishii H, Ueno M, Nakao H, Mori M, Matsuo K, Hosono S, Ohkawa S, Wakai K, Nakamura K, Tamakoshi A, Nojima M, Takahashi M, Shimada K, Nishiyama T, Kikuchi S, Lin Y. Case-control study of diabetes-related genetic variants and pancreatic cancer risk in Japan. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(46): 17456-17462
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i46/17456.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17456

Kuruma S, Egawa N, Kurata M, Honda G, Kamisawa T, Ueda J, Ishii H, Ueno M, Nakao H, Mori M, Matsuo K, Hosono S, Ohkawa S, Wakai K, Nakamura K, Tamakoshi A, Nojima M, Takahashi M, Shimada K, Nishiyama T, Kikuchi S, Lin Y. Case-control study of diabetes-related genetic variants and pancreatic cancer risk in Japan. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(46): 17456-17462 [PMID: 25516658 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17456]

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