Table 2.
Comparison of clinical characteristics between HNC and other cancer groups
| Parameter | HNC (n = 142) |
Other (n = 888) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 64.7 ± 10.8 | 64.3 ± 14.4 | 0.71 |
| Gender, male/female | 123/19 | 496/392 | < 0.0001* |
| Smoking status, n (%) | < 0.0001* | ||
| No | 30 (21.1) | 367 (41.3) | |
| Former | 73 (51.4) | 362 (40.8) | |
| Current | 39 (27.5) | 154 (17.3) | |
| Alcohol consumption, n (%) | < 0.0001* | ||
| No | 36 (25.4) | 392 (44.1) | |
| Occasionally | 29 (20.4) | 228 (25.7) | |
| Daily | 77 (54.2) | 260 (29.3) | |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 45 (31.7) | 218 (24.6) | 0.07 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 22 (15.5) | 117 (13.2) | 0.46 |
| Hyperlipidemia, n (%) | 15 (10.6) | 93 (10.5) | 0.98 |
| Stroke, n (%) | 11 ( 7.7) | 36 (4.1) | 0.06 |
| Heart disease, n (%) | 6 ( 4.2) | 62 (7.0) | 0.20 |
| Previous episode of malignant tumor | 30 (21.1) | 160 (18.0) | 0.38 |
*Significant