Table 1: Demographic data from patients whose tissue was used to investigate the relationship between expression of the antigen Ki-67 and stages within the metaplasia-adenocarcinoma sequence.
Group 1 (control)
Group 2 (BE)
Group 3 (cancer)
Total
value
Age (mean ± SD)
Gender (%)
Men
8 (47)
9 (42.9)
15 (78.9)
32 (56.1)
Women
9 (52.9)
12 (57.1)
4 (21.1)
25 (43.9)
Race
Caucasian
16 (94.1)
18 (85.7)
19 (100)
53 (93)
Black
1 (5.9)
3 (14.3)
0 (0)
4 (7)
*Patients with cancer were more likely to be men. BE: Barrett’s esophagus.