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Table 1 Comparison of demographic factors and white rice consumption between case and control groups in northwest China

From: White rice consumption and risk of esophageal cancer in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwest China: a case-control study

Variable Cases Controls p a
  n (%) n (%)  
Gender    0.623
 Male 260 (72.4 %) 269 (70.8 %)  
 Female 99 (27.6 %) 111 (29.2 %)  
Ethnic group    0.001
 Han 270 (75.2 %) 322 (84.7 %)  
 Minority 89 (24.8 %) 58 (15.3 %)  
Education level    <0.001
 None/primary 183 (51.0 %) 136 (35.8 %)  
 Secondary 140 (39.0 %) 191 (50.3 %)  
 Tertiary 36 (10.0 %) 53 (13.9 %)  
Annual income (yuanb)    0.112
 <5000 130 (36.2 %) 132 (34.7 %)  
 5000–20,000 177 (49.3 %) 171 (45.0 %)  
 >20,000 52 (14.5 %) 77 (20.3 %)  
Smoking status    0.188
 Never 164 (45.7 %) 192 (50.5 %)  
 Ever 195 (54.3 %) 188 (49.5 %)  
Alcohol drinking    0.216
 Never/seldom 193 (53.8 %) 187 (49.2 %)  
 Often 166 (46.2 %) 193 (50.8 %)  
Family history of cancer in first-degree relatives    <0.001
 No 306 (85.2 %) 356 (93.7 %)  
 Yes 53 (14.8 %) 24 (6.3 %)  
Age at interview (years): mean (SD) 61.4 (11.0) 60.6 (11.8) 0.338
BMI (5 years ago, kg/m2): mean (SD) 24.3 (3.8) 24.0 (3.6) 0.181
Vegetable consumption (g/day): mean (SD) 677.8 (542.6) 874.3 (621.8) <0.001
Fruit consumption (g/day): mean (SD) 342.0 (410.6) 463.1 (480.6) <0.001
Meat consumption (g/day): mean (SD) 232.1 (263.1) 242.3 (264.1) 0.601
Energy intake (kcal/day): mean (SD) 4310 (2681) 4709 (2716) 0.047
Total white rice (g/day): mean (SD) 137.8 (188.0) 208.7 (208.9) <0.001
 Cooked white rice (g/day): mean (SD) 79.5 (133.1) 111.2 (132.9) 0.001
 Porridge (g/day): mean (SD) 53.0 (83.9) 95.2 (148.3) <0.001
 Glutinous rice 157 (43.7 %) 183 (48.2 %) 0.228
  1. aChi-square or t-test for difference between cases and controls
  2. b1 yuan  0.16 USD