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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics in Mexican patients with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer

From: The EPIYA-ABCC motif pattern in CagA of Helicobacter pyloriis associated with peptic ulcer and gastric cancer in Mexican population

 

Diagnosis

 
 

Chronic gastritis

n = 402

Peptic ulcer

n = 77

Gastric cancer

n = 20

p value

Age (mean ± SD)

47.4 ± 16.7

52.8 ± 16.5

58.7 ± 16)

0.0009

Gender n (%)

 Male

155 (38.6)

33 (42.9)

9 (45)

0.682

 Female

247 (61.4)

44 (57.1)

11 (55)

Smoking habit n (%)

 No

239 (59.5)

36 (41.8)

10 (50)

0.096

 Current smoker or former smoker

163 (40.5)

41 (53.2)

10 (50)

Alcohol consumption n (%)

 No

100 (24.9)

22 (28.6)

6 (30)

0.716

 Consumes or consumed

302 (75.1)

55 (71.4)

14 (70)

Education [median (ranges), years]

12 (6–17)

12 (6–17)

6 (0–7.5)

0.0001

  1. †ANOVA test; Kruskal-Wallis test; χ2 test.