Table 1.
Demographic data
| Variable | Golf participants n=336 |
Golf participants without skin cancer n=245 |
Golf participants with skin cancer n=91 |
General population n=15 780 |
General population without skin cancer n=14 607 |
General population with skin cancer n=1173 |
| Age (years) | 62.1 (11.9) | 60.6 (11.9) | 66.1 (9.4) | 50.6 (18.1) | 49.5 (17.9) | 64.7 (14.1) |
| Sex (n, %) | M=229 (68.2) | M=165 (67.4) | M=64 (70.3) | M=7308 (46.3) | M=6697 (45.8) | M=611 (52.1) |
| F=107 (31.8) | F=80 (32.7) | F=27 (29.7) | F=8472 (53.7) | F=7910 (54.2) | F=562 (47.9) | |
| Education status (n, %) | ||||||
| Did not complete high school | 70 (20.8) | 56 (22.9) | 14 (15.4) | 6047 (38.3) | 5572 (38.1) | 475 (40.5) |
| High school/diploma | 100 (29.8) | 75 (30.6) | 25 (27.5) | 5222 (33.1) | 4802 (32.9) | 420 (35.8) |
| University | 166 (49.4) | 114 (46.5) | 52 (57.1) | 4511 (28.6) | 4233 (29.0) | 278 (23.7) |
| Smoking (n, %) | ||||||
| Never smoked | 207 (61.6) | 154 (62.9) | 53 (58.2) | 8030 (50.9) | 7494 (51.3) | 536 (45.7) |
| Former/current smoker | 129 (38.4) | 91 (37.1) | 38 (41.8) | 7750 (49.1) | 7113 (48.7) | 637 (54.3) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.6 (4.5) | 26.6 (4.0) | 26.6 (5.6) | 28.3 (6.00) | 28.3 (6.00) | 29.1 (5.9) |
| Moderate to vigorous physical activity (min/week) | 670.1 (653.6) | 596.9 (548.5) | 867.2 (848.7) | 285.0 (652.2) | 290.4 (657.7) | 217.3 (575.1) |
Data presented as mean (SD) or n (%) where indicated.
BMI, body mass index.