Under the more general conditions on the power order and the nonlinear functions, this paper investigates the problem of adaptive state-feedback stabilization for a class of high-order stochastic nonlinear systems with time-varying control coefficients. Based on the backstepping design method and homogeneous domination technique, the closed-loop system can be proved to be globally stable in probability and the states can be regulated to the origin almost surely. The efficiency of the state-feedback controller is demonstrated by a simulation example. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.