Research Article
DNA Repair Gene XRCC1 and XPD Polymorphisms and Gastric Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study Outcome from Kashmir, India
Table 1
Demographic characteristic of gastric cancer cases and controls.
| | Characteristics | Cases n (%) | Controls n (%) | value1 |
| | Total | 180 (100) | 200 (100) | — | | Age | | | | | >50 | 33 (18.33) | 34 (17.0) | — | | ≤50 | 147 (81.67) | 166 (83.0) | | Gender | | | | | Male | 138 (76.67) | 155 (77.50) | — | | Female | 42 (23.33) | 45 (22.50) | | Residence | | | | | Urban | 34 (19.65) | 56 (28.43) | 0.050 | | Rural | 139 (80.35) | 141 (71.57) | | Smoking | | | | | Never | 64 (38.79) | 172 (89.12) | 0.000 | | Ever | 101 (61.21) | 21 (10.88) | | Family history | | | | | No | 164 (94.80) | 185 (95.85) | 0.631 | | Yes | 9 (5.20) | 8 (4.15) | | Dried foods | | | | | No | 1 (0.61) | 0 (0.00) | 0.323 | | Yes | 164 (99.39) | 161 (100) | | X-rays | | | | | No | 92 (59.74) | 74 (51.75) | 0.166 | | Yes | 62 (40.26) | 69 (48.25) | | Chillies | | | | | Low | 32 (18.50) | 39 (24.38) | 0.108 | | Moderate | 57 (32.95) | 37 (23.13) | | High | 84 (48.55) | 84 (52.50) | | Allele type | | | | | XRCC1 | | | | | G | 204 (56) | 218 (54.5) | 0.48 | | A | 156 (43) | 182 (45.5) | | XPD | | | | | A | 263 (73.05) | 283 (70.75) | 0.54 | | C | 97 (26.94) | 117 (29.25) |
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n = number of individuals. 1Chi-square test ( ) was used to calculate values for categorical variables. |
