Table 2.
Clinical features of melanoma patients and controls.
| Dataset characteristics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASES | All | 44 | (52%) | |
| Gender N (%) | Female | 16 | (36%) | |
| Male | 28 | (64%) | ||
| Stage N (%) | I–II | 26 | (59%) | |
| III–IV | 18 | (41%) | ||
| Ulceration status N (%) | Present | 24 | (54%) | |
| Absent | 13 | (29%) | ||
| Unknown | 7 | (16%) | ||
| Lymphocyte infiltrate brisk N (%) | Positive | 4 | (9%) | |
| Negative | 23 | (52%) | ||
| Unknown | 17 | (39%) | ||
| Age mean (SD) | [Years] | 69 | (11) | |
| Breslow's thickness mean (SD) | [mm] | 3.7 | (3.8) | |
| Hospital N (%) | TS | 27 | (61%) | |
| GE | 3 | (7%) | ||
| CRO | 2 | (4%) | ||
| PN | 12 | (27%) | ||
| CONTROLS | All | 41 | (48%) | |
| Gender N (%) | Female | 16 | (39%) | |
| Male | 25 | (61%) | ||
| Diagnosis N (%) | Nevus | 22 | (54%) | |
| Basal cell carcinoma | 10 | (24%) | ||
| Histiocytoma | 2 | (5%) | ||
| Capillary hemangioma | 1 | (2%) | ||
| Venous lake | 1 | (2%) | ||
| Seborrheic keratosis | 2 | (5%) | ||
| Unknown | 3 | (7%) | ||
| Age mean (SD) | [years] | 66 | (12) | |
| Hospital N (%) | TS | 1 | (2%) | |
| GE | 33 | (80%) | ||
| CRO | 2 | (5%) | ||
| PN | 5 | (12%) | ||
| Total | 85 | 100% | ||