Prevalence of the Ser217Leu Variant of the ELAC2 Gene and Its Association with Prostate Cancer in Population of the Littoral Region of Cameroon

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study subjects.

Parameters	Cases (n = 103)	Controls (n = 80)	P value
Age (at enrollment)	67.80 ± 7.44	56.39 ±12.60	<0.0001
BMI	25.59 ± 4.21	26.82 ± 3.51	0.0676
Hb	11.42 ± 2.18	12.58 ± 2.22	0.0011
Smoking	33 (34.02%)	23 (37.70)	0.7329
Excess Alcohol intake	61 (63.54%)	51 (86.44%)	0.0028
Lack of physical exercise	41 (43.16%)	31 (52.54%)	0.3191

BMI = body mass index, Hb = hemoglobin count.