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Table 1 Family history of cancer and gastroesophageal disorders by demographic and lifestyle characteristics among control subjects
| Family history of any cancer | Family history of gastroesophageal disorders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (row percent) | No | Yes | P a | No | Yes | P a |
| Age | 0.005 | <0.001 | ||||
| ≤49 | 161 (58.8%) | 113 (41.2%) | 169 (61.7%) | 105 (38.3%) | ||
| 50-59 | 174 (52.6%) | 157 (47.4%) | 217 (65.8%) | 113 (34.2%) | ||
| 60-69 | 215 (48.3%) | 230 (51.7%) | 337 (76.8%) | 102 (23.2%) | ||
| ≥70 | 118 (47.8%) | 129 (52.2%) | 196 (79.7%) | 50 (20.3%) | ||
| Gender | 0.70 | 0.003 | ||||
| Male | 499 (51.8%) | 464 (48.2%) | 703 (73.6%) | 252 (26.4%) | ||
| Female | 169 (50.6%) | 165 (49.4%) | 216 (64.7%) | 118 (35.3%) | ||
| Race | <0.001 | 0.19 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 382 (46.8%) | 434 (53.2%) | 590 (72.6%) | 223 (27.4%) | ||
| African American | 44 (51.2%) | 42 (48.8%) | 64 (76.2%) | 20 (23.8%) | ||
| Hispanics | 174 (61.7%) | 108 (38.3%) | 187 (66.6%) | 94 (33.4%) | ||
| Asian American | 68 (60.2%) | 45 (39.8%) | 78 (70.3%) | 33 (29.7%) | ||
| Country of birth | <0.001 | 0.67 | ||||
| U.S. | 463 (47.4%) | 513 (52.6%) | 689 (71.0%) | 282 (29.0%) | ||
| Other countries | 205 (63.9%) | 116 (36.1%) | 230 (72.3%) | 88 (27.7%) | ||
| Education | 0.28 | 0.016 | ||||
| <High school | 134 (58.8%) | 94 (41.2%) | 170 (75.6%) | 55 (24.4%) | ||
| High school | 116 (47.5%) | 128 (52.5%) | 181 (74.8%) | 61 (25.2%) | ||
| Some college | 184 (49.1%) | 191 (50.9%) | 263 (70.5%) | 110 (29.5%) | ||
| College graduate or higher | 234 (52.0%) | 216 (48.0%) | 305 (67.9%) | 144 (32.1%) | ||
| Cigarette smoking status | 0.70 | 0.74 | ||||
| Never smokers | 269 (52.2%) | 246 (47.8%) | 362 (70.8%) | 149 (29.2%) | ||
| Former smokers | 291 (51.0%) | 279 (49.0%) | 412 (72.8%) | 154 (27.2%) | ||
| Current smokers | 108 (50.9%) | 104 (49.1%) | 145 (68.4%) | 67 (31.6%) | ||
| Body mass index (BMI)b | 0.60 | 0.60 | ||||
| Quartile1 | 207 (57.8%) | 171 (45.2%) | 266 (70.9%) | 109 (29.1%) | ||
| Quartile 2 | 158 (48.0%) | 171 (52.0%) | 236 (72.2%) | 91 (27.8%) | ||
| Quartile 3 | 150 (50.3%) | 148 (49.7%) | 219 (74.0%) | 77 (26.0%) | ||
| Quartile 4 | 153 (52.4%) | 139 (47.6%) | 198 (68.0%) | 93 (32.0%) | ||
| Diabetes | 0.42 | 0.91 | ||||
| No | 616 (51.8%) | 572 (48.2%) | 841 (71.2%) | 340 (28.8%) | ||
| Yes | 52 (47.7%) | 57 (52.3%) | 78 (72.2%) | 30 (27.8%) | ||
| Personal history of reflux symptoms | 0.33 | 0.026 | ||||
| No | 582 (52.1%) | 536 (47.9%) | 804 (72.4%) | 306 (27.6%) | ||
| Yes | 86 (48.0%) | 93 (52.0%) | 115 (64.2%) | 64 (35.8%) | ||
