Oral microbiome and pancreatic cancer

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants

Variables	PDAC group, n = 41	Healthy control group, n = 69	P value
Age, average ± standard error	61.17 ± 1.79	64.64 ± 1.04	0.098
Gender, n (%)
Male	24 (59)	50 (72)	0.132
Female	17 (41)	19 (28)
BMI, average ± standard error	22.76 ± 0.94	24.44 ± 0.39	< 0.0001
Smoking history, n (%)	17 (41)	37 (54)	0.217
Alcohol consumption, n (%)	16 (39)	30 (43)	0.647
Dietary habit, n (%)
Oily and fatty food	25 (61)	21 (31)	0.002
Salty food	6 (15)	8 (11)	0.664
Light diet	10 (24)	40 (58)	0.001
Chronic disease, n (%)
Hypertension	1 (2)	15 (22)	0.006
Type II diabetes	2 (5)	6 (9)	0.714
Both	3 (7)	5 (7)	1.000
Loss of weight, n (%)	23 (56)	3 (4)	0.0001
Primary cancer site, n (%)
Head	31 (76)	NA	NA
Body and tail	10
Surgery, n (%)
Pancreaticoduodenectomy	14 (34)	NA	NA
Distal pancreatectomy	6 (15)
Palliative intervention techniques	21 (51)
AJCC staging		NA	NA
I-IIB	20 (49)
III-IV	21

AJCC: American Joint Commission on Cancer; BMI: Body mass index; PDAC: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma.