Gastric Cancer
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2005.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2005; 11(37): 5757-5762
Published online Oct 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i37.5757
Table 1 Distribution of cases and controls by age, sex, education, and occupation
VariableValue levelGastric group
Control group
χ2P
n%n%
Age (yr)<3543.91829
35-1312.72133.9
45-8583.32337.138.945<0.001
SexMale8684.33353.2
Female1615.72946.818.718<0.001
Education years<55755.91422.6
6-2928.42845.2
13-1615.72032.317.807<0.001
OccupationFarmer6361.82438.7
Worker2120.61829
Card1817.62032.38.5730.014
Table 2 Relative risk of stomach cancer in relation to observed factors
FactorsControlsCasesOR195%CIOR295%CI
Chinese sauerkraut
None53951
Sometime640.370.081.580.240.040.95
Often (2+/wk)330.560.093.620.390.413.3
Mildew food
None59941
Sometime251.570.212.111.50.2210.14
Often (2+/mo)131.880.1748.1310.0714.69
Eat raw garlic/yr
<1 00020771
>1 00042250.150.070.330.150.060.33
CYPIA1 genotype
A/A35531
A/G24270.740.351.580.590.261.34
G/G3224.841.2422.075.911.2827.24
H pyloriinfection
-26131
+36894.642.1511.5141.659.71
Drinking white alcohol3
None37481
1-00890.870.272.771.030.264.02
100+17452.040.954.391.110.412.99
Smoking4
None42461
<27014150.980.392.460.660.221.94
≥2706416.232.2418.272.780.98.65
History of cancer family
None59881
Yes3143.130.7914.382.980.6912.82
GSTM1 genotype
+/+ or +/O36331
O/O26672.811.395.712.721.325.62
Table 3 Relative risk of stomach cancer for combined CYPIA1 and GSTM1 genotypes
CYPIA1GSTM1ControlsCasesOR195%CI
A/A+/+ or+/O22171.00
O/O13353.341.139.87
A/G+/+ or+/O13100.650.202.14
O/O11161.670.525.36
G/G+/+ or+/O164.160.4043.45
O/O21616.482.36115.0
Table 4 Relative risk of stomach cancer for combined CYPIA1 genotype and H pylori infectionl
CYPIA1H pyloriControlsCasesOR195%CI
A/A-1851.00
+17227.191.9826.11
A/G-751.590.298.91
+17482.940.7811.13
G/G-1313.180.42414.9
+21928.113.95199.8
Table 5 Relative risk of stomach cancer for combined CYPIA1 genotype and smoking
CYPIA1SmokingControlsCasesOR195%CI
A/ANone21211.00
Yes14321.530.474.96
A/GNone18120.620.201.89
Yes6150.920.243.53
G/GNone3134.900.9026.73
Yes0919.027.2754.06
Table 6 Relative risk of stomach cancer for GSTM1 genotype and H pylori infection
GSTM1H pControlsCases1OR295%CI
+/+ or +/O-1651.00
+20284.191.1615.13
O/O-1073.530.7017.81
+166012.373.3745.46
Table 7 Relative risk of stomach cancer for combined GSTM1 genotype and smoking
GSTM1SmokingControlsCases1OR295%CI
+/+ or +/O-23161
+13171.220.374.01
O/O-19303.081.118.54
+7374.321.2714.69