Research Article
High Serum Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antigen Level Associated with Remission of Mild/Moderate Dysplasia of the Esophagus: A Nested Case–Control Study
Table 1
The correlation between basic characteristics and regression status.
| | Regression or stable disease () | Progression () | -Value |
| | Agea, median (IQR) | 66.0 (8.0) | 67.5 (10.0) | 0.009 | | Sex, n (%) | | | 0.879 | | Males | 53 (53.0) | 25 (54.3) | | Females | 47 (7.0) | 21 (45.7) | | Dysplasia grade, n (%) | | | 0.064 | | Mild | 62 (62.0) | 21 (45.7) | | Moderate | 38 (38.0) | 25 (54.3) | | Marital statusb, n (%) | | | 0.665 | | Married | 95 (95.0) | 45 (97.8) | | Others | 5 (5.0) | 1 (2.2) | | Education level | | | 0.019 | | Primary school or lower | 81 (81.0) | 44 (95.7) | | Junior high school or higher | 19 (19.0) | 2 (4.3) | | Smoking status, n (%) | | | 0.349 | | Never | 81 (81.8) | 33 (75.0) | | Ever | 18 (18.2) | 11 (25.0) | | Alcohol drinking status, n (%) | | | 0.244 | | Never | 84 (84.8) | 33 (76.7) | | Ever | 15 (15.2) | 10 (23.3) | | Family cancer history, n (%) | | | 0.137 | | No | 75 (79.8) | 37 (90.2) | | Yes | 19 (20.2) | 4 (9.8) |
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aMann–Whitney U test. bFisher exact test.
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