Sociodemographic characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma cases and controls
| Cases | Controls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Group | n | (%) | n | (%) | p Value | |
| Birth year | ⩽1930 | 33 | (21.9) | 64 | (30.3) | ||
| 1931–1940 | 52 | (34.4) | 74 | (35.1) | |||
| 1941–1950 | 48 | (31.8) | 58 | (27.5) | |||
| ⩾1951 | 18 | (11.9) | 15 | (7.1) | 0.160 | ||
| Age at recruitment (y) | 30–39 | 16 | (10.6) | 23 | (10.9) | ||
| 40–49 | 38 | (25.2) | 65 | (30.8) | |||
| 50–59 | 52 | (34.4) | 62 | (29.4) | |||
| ⩾60 | 45 | (29.8) | 61 | (28.9) | 0.630 | ||
| Ethnic group | Fukien Taiwanese | 96 | (63.6) | 117 | (55.5) | ||
| Hakka Taiwanese | 17 | (11.2) | 23 | (10.9) | |||
| Mainland Chinese | 38 | (25.2) | 71 | (33.6) | 0.212 | ||
| Education | Primary school and below | 48 | (32.4) | 39 | (18.5) | ||
| Junior high school | 27 | (18.3) | 26 | (12.3) | |||
| Senior high school and above | 73 | (49.3) | 146 | (69.2) | 0.001 | ||
| Missing | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Cigarette smoking | No | 75 | (49.7) | 130 | (61.6) | ||
| Yes | 76 | (50.3) | 81 | (38.4) | 0.024 | ||
| Alcohol consumption | No | 101 | (66.9) | 162 | (76.8) | ||
| Yes | 50 | (33.1) | 49 | (23.2) | 0.037 | ||