Case Control Study
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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2017; 23(19): 3480-3487
Published online May 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i19.3480
Table 2 Characteristics of gastric cancer patients and control subjects n (%)
Controls (n = 508)Gastric cancer patients (n = 474)P value
Age (mean ± SD)58.1 ± 17. 462.5 ± 18. 4< 0.0011
Gender
Male139 (27.4)288 (60.8)< 0.0012
Female366 (72.0)178 (37.5)
Unknown3 (0.6)8 (1.7)
Country of birth
Latvia146 (28.7)139 (29.3)0.8662
Lithuania258 (50.8)233 (49.2)
Germany104 (20.5)102 (21.5)