Table 1: Baseline characteristics of Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cases and healthy controls, PADRE study 2020.
Characteristic |
Controls n = 54 |
Cases n = 31 |
Demographics |
|
|
Overall age, median (min, max) |
59.5 (40, 86) |
62 (45, 85) |
Age for Men, median (min, max) |
59 (45, 85) |
60 (45, 84) |
Age for Women, median (min, max) |
62 (40, 86) |
69 (48, 85) |
Men, n (%) |
33 (61.1) |
26 (83.9) |
Asset index§, n (%) |
|
|
Poor |
18 (33.3) |
10 (32.3) |
Fair |
20 (37.0) |
10 (32.3) |
Rich |
16 (29.6) |
11 (35.5) |
Self-reported family history of cancer |
|
|
Esophageal and stomach cancers |
21 (38.9) |
14 (45.2) |
Smoking cigarettes, n (%) |
|
|
smoked > 100 cigarettes in lifetime |
32 (59.3) |
30 (96.8) |
Pack years (median, IQR#) |
|
|
Alcohol use (times per day), n (%) |
|
|
None |
28 (51.9) |
8 (25.8) |
1 to 2 |
15 (27.8) |
9 (29.0) |
3 to 4 |
9 (16.7) |
11 (35.5) |
5 or more |
2 (3.7) |
3 (9.7) |
Primary cooking fuel, n (%) |
|
|
Firewood |
50 (92.6) |
30 (96.8) |
Mean years of primary fuel use |
33.8 (11.9) |
37.6 (11.3) |
Secondary cooking fuel, n (%) |
|
|
Charcoal |
10 (18.5) |
7 (22.6) |
Years of secondary fuel |
15.2 (11.2) |
16.8 (13.2) |
#IQR: Interquartile range §Asset index: calculated from principal components of assets owned