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Table 2 Characteristics of the esophageal cancer (EC) study population

From: A functional polymorphism in the DNA methyltransferase-3A promoter modifies the susceptibility in gastric cancer but not in esophageal carcinoma

Variables

Controls (n= 241)

EC cases (n= 96)

Pvalue†

Age (years)

  

0.395

≤60

141 (58.5)*

61 (63.5)

 

>60

100 (41.5)

35 (36.5)

 

Gender

  

0.177

Male

160 (66.4)

71 (74.0)

 

Female

81 (33.6)

25 (26.0)

 
  1. *Numbers in parentheses, percentage.
  2. † P value for chi-squared test.