Dietary Risk Factors Associated with Development of Gastric Cancer in Nepal: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents.

Variables	Case ()		Control ()		value^1
		%		%
Age (years)
Age category
<50 years	24	30	63	40	0.153
≥50 years	55	70	95	60
Sex
Male	49	62	92	58	0.575
Female	30	38	66	42
Ethnicity
Brahmin/Chhetri	26	33	60	38	0.746
Janajati/Newar	22	28	41	26
Dalit/others	31	39	57	36
Religion
Hindu	71	90	130	83	0.149
Others	8	10	27	17
Education
Primary and lower	63	80	99	63	0.008
Secondary and above	16	20	59	37
Occupation
Agriculture	53	67	86	54	0.127
Business/service	13	16	43	27
Labor/others	13	17	29	19
Income
	50	63	86	54	0.193
	29	37	72	46
Residence
Rural	55	70	69	44	<0.001
Urban	24	30	89	56

¹ value for chi-squared test. Statistically significant at . 1USD = 115NRs.