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. 2023 Mar 28;32(6):776–783. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-1290

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of patients with a cancer diagnosis stratified according to mCA status.

Characteristic N Overall, N = 48,919a No mCA, N = 38,849a Any mCA, N = 10,070a P b
Age at bsl 48,919 <0.001
N 48,919 38,849 10,070
N missing 0 0 0
 Mean (SD) 60 (7) 60 (7) 63 (5)
 Median (IQR) 62 (56, 65) 61 (55, 65) 64 (61, 67)
 Range 40, 71 40, 70 40, 71
Men 48,919 22,403 (45.8%) 14,989 (38.6%) 7,414 (73.6%) <0.001
Smoking status 48,624 <0.001
 Never smoker 23,865 (49.1%) 19,888 (51.5%) 3,977 (39.7%)
 Previous smoker 19,274 (39.6%) 14,755 (38.2%) 4,519 (45.1%)
 Current smoker 5,485 (11.3%) 3,970 (10.3%) 1,515 (15.1%)
 Unknown 295 236 59
Bladder cancer 48,919 1,743 (3.6%) 1,191 (3.1%) 552 (5.5%) <0.001
Larynx cancer 48,919 375 (0.8%) 245 (0.6%) 130 (1.3%) <0.001
Corpus uteri 48,919 2,331 (4.8%) 2,108 (5.4%) 223 (2.2%) <0.001
Prostate cancer 48,919 13,274 (27.1%) 8,970 (23.1%) 4,304 (42.7%) <0.001
Breast cancer 48,919 17,304 (35.4%) 15,678 (40.4%) 1,626 (16.1%) <0.001
Rectal cancer 48,919 2,268 (4.6%) 1,731 (4.5%) 537 (5.3%) <0.001
Kidney cancer 48,919 1,910 (3.9%) 1,472 (3.8%) 438 (4.3%) 0.010
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 48,919 3,038 (6.2%) 2,189 (5.6%) 849 (8.4%) <0.001
Melanoma 48,919 4,912 (10.0%) 4,031 (10.4%) 881 (8.7%) <0.001
Lung cancer 48,919 4,215 (8.6%) 3,074 (7.9%) 1,141 (11.3%) <0.001
Chemotherapy 48,919 <0.001
 None 37,512 (76.7%) 29,610 (76.2%) 7,902 (78.5%)
 Yes 11,407 (23.3%) 9,239 (23.8%) 2,168 (21.5%)
Radiotherapy 48,919 0.036
 None 45,846 (93.7%) 36,454 (93.8%) 9,392 (93.3%)
 Yes 3,073 (6.3%) 2,395 (6.2%) 678 (6.7%)
Prevalent hypertension 48,919 6,077 (12.4%) 4,569 (11.8%) 1,508 (15.0%) <0.001
Autosomal mCA 48,919 <0.001
 Ref. 46,487 (95.0%) 38,849 (100.0%) 7,638 (75.8%)
 Autosomal 2,432 (5.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2,432 (24.2%)
Loss of X 48,919 <0.001
 Ref. 47,278 (96.6%) 38,849 (100.0%) 8,429 (83.7%)
 Loss of X 1,641 (3.4%) 0 (0.0%) 1,641 (16.3%)
Loss of Y 48,919 <0.001
 Ref. 42,361 (86.6%) 38,849 (100.0%) 3,512 (34.9%)
 Loss of Y 6,558 (13.4%) 0 (0.0%) 6,558 (65.1%)
Expanded mCA 48,919 <0.001
 Ref. 47,009 (96.1%) 38,849 (100.0%) 8,160 (81.0%)
 Expanded mCA 1,910 (3.9%) 0 (0.0%) 1,910 (19.0%)
Death of CVD causes 48,919 813 (1.7%) 550 (1.4%) 263 (2.6%) <0.001
Death of CAD causes 48,919 368 (0.8%) 226 (0.6%) 142 (1.4%) <0.001
Death from cancer 48,919 8,433 (17.2%) 6,254 (16.1%) 2,179 (21.6%) <0.001
Death of any cause 48,919 10,632 (21.7%) 7,785 (20.0%) 2,847 (28.3%) <0.001

Abbreviations: bsl., baseline; IQR, interquartile range; Ref., referent category.

a n (%).

bWilcoxon rank sum test; Pearson χ2 test.