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Table 1 The distributions of demographical characteristics in 227 controls and 204 patients with gastric cancer

From: Association between WNT-1-inducible signaling pathway protein-1 (WISP1) genetic polymorphisms and the risk of gastric cancer in Guangxi Chinese

Characteristics

Patients (N = 204)

Controls (N = 227)

P value

Ages(mean ± SD, years)

54.31 ± 12.00

52.58 ± 5.13

0.057

BMI (mean ± SD, kg/m2)

20.59 ± 3.11

22.47 ± 3.47

< 0.001*

Gender

 Male

134 (65.7%)

138 (60.8%)

0.954

 Female

70 (34.0%)

89 (39.2%)

 

Ethnicity

 Han

99 (48.5%)

112 (49.3%)

0.975

 Zhuang

92 (45.1%)

100 (44.1%)

 

 Other

13 (6.4%)

15 (6.6%)

 

Smoking

 Yes

58 (28.4%)

71 (31.3%)

0.519

 No

146 (71.6%)

156 (68.7%)

 

Drinking alcohol

 Yes

52 (25.5%)

67 (29.5%)

0.351

 No

152 (74.5%)

160 (70.5%)

 

Cell differentiation

 Moderate and poor

168 (82.4%)

  

 Well

36 (17.6%)

  

Clinical stage

 I/II

60 (29.4%)

  

 III/IV

144 (70.6%)

  

Family history of gastric cancer

 Yes

6 (2.9)

4 (1.8)

0.833

 No

198 (97.1)

223 (98.2)

 
  1. SD standard deviation
  2. * P value < 0.05 as statistically significant