Table 1 Characteristic of study participants according to tertiles of heme Iron intake in a hospital-based case–control study of gastric cancer in Iran (2010 to 2012)
From: Association between gastric cancer and the intake of different types of iron and meats
| Â | Cases | Controls | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | T1 | T2 | T3 | p-value | T1 | T2 | T3 | p-value | |
Number (%) | 59 (33.1) | 60 (33.8) | 59 (33.1) | 0.99 | 91 (33.3) | 92 (33.7) | 90 (33.0) | 0.99 | |
Age (year) Mean (SD) | 63.29±11.71 | 57.25±12.20 | 62.00±11.43 | 0.38 | 53.67±13.03 | 54.22±10.88 | 51.88±11.79 | 0.014* | |
Energy (Kcal) Mean (SD) | 2341.83±942.99 | 2656.99±1050.65 | 3564.07±1365.59 | <0.0001 | 2399.89±1143.55 | 2696.64±1150.49 | 3122.49±1168.00 | <0.0001* | |
Alcohol drink (g/d) | 1.91±13.40 | 0.01±0.14 | 20.40±156.21 | 0.85 | 1.22±7.88 | 1.85±14.82 | 2.20±12.43 | 0.40 | |
BMI (kg/m2) Mean (SD) | 25.80±4.18 | 28.26±18.41 | 29.48±21.54 | 0.47 | 25.93±5.23 | 26.46±12.04 | 25.60±5.72 | 0.78 | |
Gender (Male, %) | 44 (74.6) | 47 (78.3) | 41 (69.5) | 0.54 | 56 (61.5) | 63 (68.5) | 54 (60) | 0.44 | |
H-pylori (positive, %) | 22 (37.3) | 20 (33.3) | 26 (44.1) | 0.47 | 57 (62.6) | 50 (54.3) | 47 (52.2) | 0.32 | |
Marital status (Married, %) | 58 (98.3) | 59(98.3) | 57 (96.6) | 0.32 | 75 (82.4) | 80 (87) | 81 (90) | 0.84 | |
Education (illiterate, %) | 36 (61) | 34 (56.7) | 41 (69.5) | 0.34 | 25 (27.5) | 25 (27.2) | 22 (24.4) | 0.87 | |
Smoking (yes %) | 37 (62.7) | 31 (51.7) | 29 (49.2) | 0.29 | 65 (71.4) | 61 (66.3) | 65 (72.2) | 0.63 | |