EEF1A1 and gastric cancer: Multivariate analysis revealed that not only histological atrophic levels (odds ratio = 9.9493, 95% confidence interval = 1.7096–57.901, p = 0.0106) but also high dimethylation of eEF1A in basal mucosal areas (odds ratio = 3.6611, 95% confidence interval = 1.0350–12.949, p = 0.0441) were the independent factors related to GC incidence (Table 3).