Characteristics Controls CRC Gastric cancer
No 185 95 68
Mean age(years) 56,01 56,44 57,96
Gender (male/female) 92/93 49/46 49/19*
Age-range 20-80 28-80 20-89
Alcohol      
No 166(91) 62(82) 32(76)*
Yes 19(9) 13(18) 10(24)
Milk consumption      
<3/week 83(45) 66(69)** 46(67)
≥3/week 102(55) 30(31) 23(35)
Cheese      
<2/week 116(63) 64(62) 46(67)
≥2/week 69(37) 32(38) 20(33)
Yogurt      
<2/week 111(69) 57(59) 34(49)
≥2/week 74(31) 39(41) 35(51)
No    74  17
TNM stage      
I   4(5.4) -
II   11(14.9) 2(11.8)
III   36(48.6) 2(11.8)
IV   15(20.3) 1(5.9)
Not determined   8(10.8) 12(70.5)
Lymph nodes status      
4 nodes   53(48.7) 2(5.9)
>4 nodes   15(5.4) 4(11.8)
Not determined   6(8.1) 11(70.5)
Differentiation      
Poorly differentiated   1(1.4) 4(23.5)
Moderately differentiated   27(36.4) 7(41.2)
Well differentiated   43(58.1) 5(29.4)
Not determined   3(4.1) 1(5.9)
Histological type      
ADK   26(35.1) 10(58.8)
ADK Luberkhunien   28(37.8) 1(5.9)
ADK infiltrant   6(8.1) 1(5.9)
Other type of ADK   14(19) 5(29.4)
Surgery      
No   7(9.5) 5(29.4)
Palliative   31(41.9) 6(35.3)
Radical   36(48.6) 5(29.4)
Not determined   - 1(5.9)
Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy      
No   52(70.3) 12(70.6)
Yes   22(29.7) 3(17.6)
Not determined   - 2(11.8)
Adjuvant treatment      
No   19(25.7) 7(41.2)
Yes   55(74.3) 9(52.9)
Not determined   - 1(5.9)
*Gastric cancer compared with controls, p<0.05; **Colorectal cancer compared with controls, p<0.05
Table 1: General characteristics of population.