BioMed Research International / 2014 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Investigating the Synergistic Interaction of Diabetes, Tobacco Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Hypercholesterolemia on the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: A Case-Control Study in Italy Table 1 Characteristics of cases and controls.
Variables (N = 320) Cases (%) Controls (%)
Gender Males 45 (56.3) 204 (52) 0.492 Females 35 (43.8) 188 (48) Age, mean (SD) 63.59 (11.05) 64.92 (10.95) 0.319* Diabetes mellitus Yes 19 (23.8) 54 (13.8) 0.025 No 61 (76.3) 338 (86.2) Ever smoking Yes 34 (42.5) 107 (27.3) 0.007 No 46 (57.5) 285 (72.7) Alcohol consumption Yes 41 (51.3) 103 (26.3) <0.001 No 39 (48.7) 289 (73.7) Hypercholesterolemia Yes 40 (50) 56 (14.3) <0.001 No 40 (50) 336 (85.7)
Chi-square test.
Mann-Whitney test.