Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients

From: Identification of serum miRNAs as novel non-invasive biomarkers for detection of high risk for early gastric cancer

 

Controls

Cancer

P -values

Before eradication

n=64

n=64

 

Age, mean (s.d.)

68.4 (8.3)

67.9 (8.2)

0.72a

Gender, male (%)

41 (64.1)

45 (70.3)

0.57b

Regular alcohol intake (%)

19 (28.1)

31 (48.4)

0.06b

Current smokers (%)

11 (17.1)

16 (25)

0.46b

After eradication

n=70

n=62

 

Age, mean (s.d.)

66.7 (7.5)

67.8 (8.7)

0.44a

Gender, male (%)

47 (67.1)

44 (71.0)

0.71b

Regular alcohol intake (%)

27 (38.6)

25 (40.3)

0.85b

Current smokers (%)

11 (15.7)

19 (30.6)

0.08b

  1. P-values calculated using the unpaired t-test and Mantel–Haenszel χ2-analysis.
  2. aUnpaired t-test.
  3. bMantel–Haenszel χ2-analysis.
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