Original Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastrointest Oncol. Jan 15, 2012; 4(1): 9-15
Published online Jan 15, 2012. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v4.i1.9
Table 1 Demographic information n (%)
CharacteristicsCases (n = 197)Controls (n = 156)P value
Gender (male)152 (77.16)118 (75.64)0.739
Age1 (yr)60 (50-67.5)58 (47.25-65)0.197
Weight1 (kg)62 (55-70)67 (60-73.25)0.001
Hypertension43 (21.83)29 (18.83)0.490
Diabetes10 (5.08)14 (9.03)0.144
Smoking44 (22.34)26 (16.67)0.205
Residence
Rural84 (42.64)70 (45.45)0.598
Urban113 (57.36)84 (54.55)
Table 2 Distribution of the IRS-2 genotype in cases and controls and risk estimates n (%)
IRS-2 genotypeCases1Controls1Crude OR (95% CI)P valueAdjusted OR2 (95% CI)P value
Overall197156
GG69 (35.02)64 (41.03)1.001.00
GD98 (49.75)82 (52.56)1.11 (0.71-1.74)0.6530.96 (0.60-1.53)0.864
DD30 (15.23)10 (6.41)2.78 (1.26-6.15)0.0112.32 (1.03-5.23)0.042
GD + DD128 (64.98)92 (58.97)1.29 (0.84-1.99)0.2481.11 (0.71-1.75)0.637
G allele236 (59.90)210 (67.31)1.00
D allele158 (40.10)102 (32.69)1.38 (1.01-1.88)0.043
Table 3 Stratified analyses for variant IRS-2 genotypes in cases and controls n (%)
Variable(GD + DD)/GGCrude OR (95% CI)P valueAdjusted OR1 (95% CI)P value
CasesControls
Age (median) (yr)
≤ 5853 (26.9)/40 (20.3)46 (29.5)/39 (25.0)1.29 (0.71-2.33)0.4121.10 (0.59-2.05)0.762
> 5869 (35.0)/35 (17.8)46 (29.5)/25 (16.0)1.22 (0.64-2.32)0.5381.15 (0.60-2.23)0.674
Sex
Females28 (14.2)/17 (8.6)21 (13.5)/17 (10.9)1.33 (0.55-3.21)0.5211.13 (0.44-2.87)0.800
Males94 (47.7)/58 (29.4)71 (45.5)/47 (30.1)1.27 (0.77-2.10)0.3421.12 (0.67-1.87)0.668
Smoking status
Smokers32 (16.2)/12 (6.1)16 (10.4)/10 (6.5)1.88 (0.66-5.33)0.2381.52 (0.49-4.70)0.467
Non-smokers90 (45.7)/63 (32.0)75 (48.7)/53 (34.4)1.16 (0.72-1.87)0.5501.00 (0.61-1.65)0.990
Residence
Urban73 (37.1)/40 (20.3)51 (33.1)/33 (21.4)1.44 (0.80-2.61)0.2261.30 (0.70-2.42)0.406
Rural49 (24.9)/35 (17.8)41 (26.6)/29 (18.8)1.04 (0.55-1.98)0.9050.89 (0.46-1.75)0.743
Table 4 Associations between variant IRS-2 genotypes and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer
VariableGD + DDGGCrude OR (95% CI)P valueAdjusted OR1 (95% CI)P value
Tumor differentiation
Well15611
Moderate80350.91 (0.33-2.55)0.8640.95 (0.33-2.76)0.921
Poor29250.46 (0.16-1.38)0.1660.38 (0.11-1.35)0.135
Depth of tumor infiltration
T1211411
T22052.67 (0.81-8.77)0.1062.70 (0.70-10.47)0.150
T360261.54 (0.68-3.49)0.3021.46 (0.60-3.52)0.401
T424220.73 (0.30-1.77)0.4830.73 (0.29-1.86)0.507
Lymph node metastasis
Negative472311
Positive78430.89 (0.48-1.65)0.7080.94 (0.49-1.77)0.837
Localization
Cardia271511
Non-cardia101541.04 (0.51-2.12)0.9161.08 (0.51-2.29)0.838