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Table 2 General characteristics of 1101 study participants in RCC patients and controls

From: Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and its interactions with environmental factors on renal cell carcinoma risk

Variables

Case group

(n = 366)

Normal group

(n = 735)

p-values

Age (year) (Means ± SD)

62.8 ± 12.5

63.5 ± 13.2

0.399

BMI (kg/m2) (Means ± SD)

23.6 ± 8.6

23.2 ± 8.9

0.478

Gender

  

0.675

 Males, N (%)

214 (58.5)

420 (57.1)

 

 Females, N (%)

152 (41.5)

315 (42.9)

 

Smoking

  

0.0084

 Current smokers, N (%)

100 (27.3)

149 (20.3)

 

 Never or past smokers, N (%)

266 (72.7)

586 (79.7)

 

Alcohol consumption

  

0.029

 Current drinkers, N (%)

117 (32.0)

189 (25.7)

 

 Never or past drinkers, N (%)

249 (68.0)

546 (74.3)

 

 Diabetes, N (%)

59 (16.1)

74 (10.1)

0.004

 Hypertension, N (%)

105 (28.7)

168 (22.9)

0.035

 Family history of cancer N (%)

60 (16.4)

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