Brief Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2010; 16(5): 641-647
Published online Feb 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i5.641
Table 1 Characteristics of ESCC patients and controls n (%)
VariablesControls (n = 326)Patients (n = 128)P value
Age (yr)
Median (range)61 (55-78)63 (58-81)0.950
Gender
Female16058
Male166700.470
Smoking status
Non-smokers112 (34.3)26 (20.3)
Ex-smokers152 (46.7)66 (51.6)
Current smokers62 (19.0)36 (28.1)0.007
Alcohol use
Never81 (24.9)15 (11.7)
Ever245 (75.1)113 (88.3)0.002
Metastasis
No92 (71.9)
Yes36 (28.1)
Ethnicity
Kazakh89 (27.3)39 (30.5)
Uygur87 (26.7)30 (23.4)
Han150 (46.0)59 (46.1)0.703