Confounding factors

Case (n = 391)

Control (n = 672)

P* value

Gender (male/female)

153/238

309/363

0.03

Age (year)

56.98 ± 9.48

47.08 ± 10.21

0.00

Smoking (%)

15.9

21.1

0.04

Alcohol consumption (%)

43.2

65.8

0.00