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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of cases and controls according to sex

From: Association between ALDH2 polymorphism and esophageal cancer risk in South Koreans: a case-control study

 

Men

Women

Case (N = 751)

Control (N = 3477)

P-value

Case (N = 32)

Control (N = 5255)

P-value

Age

66.9 ± 7.9

66.0 ± 8.0

0.007

70.7 ± 9.3

64.5 ± 8.2

< 0.001

Current drinker

430 (57.3)

2203 (63.4)

0.002

6 (18.8)

997 (19.0)

1.000

Ever-smoker

556 (74.0)

2576 (74.1)

1.000

3 (9.4)

190 (3.6)

0.110

Histologic type

Squamous cell carcinoma

716 (95.3)

  

27 (84.4)

  

Adenocarcinoma

18 (2.4)

  

3 (9.4)

  

Other

17 (2.3)

  

2 (6.2)

  
  1. All values are given as N (%) or mean ± standard deviation
  2. P-values were calculated by Student’s t-test or chi-square test
  3. P-values were calculated by Fisher’s exact test