Brief Article
Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 21, 2011; 17(23): 2860-2866
Published online Jun 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i23.2860
Table 1 Demographic information n (%)
CharacteristicsCases (n = 307)Controls (n = 307)P value
Gender (male)231 (75.2)231 (75.2)1.000
Age1 (yr), (range)59 (50-68)58 (49-66)0.145
Weight1 (kg), (range)62 (55-70)65 (57-72.75)0.001
Hypertension65 (21.17)59 (19.22)0.546
Diabetes17 (5.54)24 (7.82)0.262
Smoking82 (26.71)53 (17.26)0.005
Residence
Rural139 (45.28)139 (45.28)1.000
Urban168 (54.72)168 (54.72)
Table 2 Distributions of ITGA2 genotype in cases and controls and risk estimates n (%)
ITGA2 genotypeCases1Controls1Crude OR (95% CI)P valueAdjusted OR2 (95% CI)P value
Overall307307
CC141 (45.93)170 (55.37)1.001.00
CT135 (43.97)113 (36.81)1.44 (1.03-2.01)0.0331.54 (1.10-2.18)0.013
TT31 (10.10)24 (7.82)1.56 (0.87-2.78)0.1331.62 (0.90-2.91)0.112
CT + TT166 (54.07)137 (44.63)1.46 (1.06-2.01)0.0191.57 (1.13-2.17)0.007
C allele417 (67.92)453 (73.78)
T allele197 (32.08)161 (26.22)
Table 3 Stratified analyses for variant ITGA2 genotypes in cases and controls n (%)
Variable(CT + TT)/CC
Crude OR (95% CI)P valueAdjusted OR1 (95% CI)P value
CasesControls
Age (yr), (median)
≤ 5881 (26.4)/68 (22.1)80 (26)/85 (27.7)1.27 (0.81-1.97)0.2981.31 (0.83-2.06)0.247
> 5885 (27.7)/73 (23.8)57 (18.6)/85 (27.7)1.74 (1.10-2.75)0.0181.88 (1.17-3.03)0.010
Sex
Females45 (14.7)/31 (10.1)38 (12.4)/38 (12.4)1.45 (0.76-2.76)0.2551.52 (0.73-2.93)0.206
Males110 (35.8)/121 (39.4)99 (32.2)/132 (43)1.21 (0.85-1.73)0.3041.29 (0.82-2.01)0.287
Smoking status
Smokers40 (13)/42 (13.7)19 (6.2)/34 (11.1)1.70 (0.84-3.46)0.1411.87 (0.89-3.94)0.100
Non-smokers126 (41)/99 (32.3)118 (38.4)/136 (44.3)1.47 (1.02-2.10)0.0371.51 (1.05-2.18)0.028
Residence
Urban89 (29)/79 (25.7)84 (27.4)/84 (27.4)1.13 (0.73-1.73)0.5851.17 (0.76-1.81)0.479
Rural77 (25.1)/62 (20.2)53 (17.2)/86 (28)2.02 (1.25-3.25)0.0042.35 (1.42-3.90)0.001
Table 4 Associations between variant ITGA2 genotypes and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer1
VariableCT + TTCCCrude OR (95% CI)P valueAdjusted OR2 (95% CI)P value
Tumor differentiation
Well424211
Moderate65690.94 (0.55-1.63)0.8300.94 (0.54-1.63)0.828
Poor55272.04 (1.09-3.82)0.0272.21 (1.12-4.38)0.022
Depth of tumor infiltration
T1243011
T221171.54 (0.67-3.56)0.3081.76 (0.73-4.25)0.208
T334401.06 (0.53-2.15)0.8661.10 (0.52-2.32)0.797
T483512.03 (1.07-3.86)0.0302.12 (1.10-4.07)0.024
Lymph node metastasis
Negative595111
Positive103871.02 (0.64-1.64)0.9230.98 (0.61-1.58)0.942
Localization
Cardia384111
Non-cardia1281001.38 (0.83-2.31)0.2171.38 (0.81-2.35)0.231