Table 1

Risk factors for gastric cancer

FactorGastric cancer, n=24Non-gastric cancer, n=547Crude HR (95% CI)Adjusted HR* (95% CI)P value
All patients
 Medication
  Non-use840711
  H2RA3353.01 (0.80 to 11.4)2.65 (0.69 to 10.2)0.155
  PPI131053.55 (1.46 to 8.62)3.61 (1.49 to 8.77) 0.005
 IM
  None639311
  Mild (antrum only)101055.65 (2.05 to 15.5)4.37 (1.56 to 12.3) 0.005
  Severe (corpus)8498.92 (3.09 to 25.7)4.65 (1.47 to 14.7) 0.009
 Atrophy†
  None116711
  Mild (antrum only)102845.12 (0.66 to 40.0)2.78 (0.35 to 22.4)0.337
  Severe (corpus)139619.7 (2.58 to 151)8.85 (1.08 to 72.3) 0.042