Association between gastric cancer and -1993 polymorphism of TBX21 gene

Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of TBX21 -1993T/C stratified by the selected variables

Variables	Cases/controls		Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P
	T/T	T/C + C/C
Gender
Male	82/118	42/25	2.37 (1.31-4.31)	0.005
Female	72/101	24/18	1.89 (0.95-3.76)	0.071
Age (yr)
< 55	94/114	50/27	2.79 (1.61-4.81)	< 0.001
55–65	56/59	15/11	2.13 (1.36-3.31)	0.001
> 65	4/16	1/5	0.58 (0.04-7.92)	0.683
Smoking status
Never	118/167	42/34	1.77 (1.06-2.97)	0.029
Always	36/52	24/9	3.38 (1.31-8.71)	0.012
Drinking status
Never	105/155	44/33	2.00 (1.18-3.89)	0.010
Always	49/64	22/10	2.48 (1.04-5.90)	0.040
Family history of cancer
No	131/201	50/39	1.99 (1.23-3.21)	0.005
Yes	23/18	16/4	3.99 (1.06-15.03)	0.041

CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio.