Table 4. The association between gender, age comorbidity and development of nasopharyngeal cancer.

Association between demographic variables and the development of nasopharyngeal cancer

		Development of nasopharyngeal cancer
Variables	Category	High	Low	p-value
Gender	Male	47 (56.4%)	37 (43.6%)	0.003
	Female	36 (43.2%)	48 (56.8%)
Age	0-10 years	36 (43.4%)	48 (56.6%)	0.623
	11-20 years	36 (42.7%)	48 (57.3%)
	21-30 years	37 (43.6%)	47 (56.4%)
	31-40 years	37 (43.5%)	47 (56.5%)
	41-50 years	35 (42.1%)	49 (57.9%)
	51-60 years	36 (42.5%)	48 (57.5%)
	61-70 years	36 (42.7%)	48 (57.3%)
	71 years old and more	35 (41.8%)	49(58.2%)
Comorbidity	Asthma	35 (41.4%)	49 (58.6%)	0.871
	X Smoker	37 (43.6%)	47 (56.4%)
	Hyperlipidemia, ischemic heart disease	37 (43.5%)	47 (56.5%)
	Obesity	35 (42.1%)	49 (57.9%)
	Hypothyroidism	37 (44.0%)	47 (56.0%)
	Smoking	36 (42.7%)	48 (57.3%)
	Pre-diabetes	38 (44.9%)	46 (55.1%)
	None	47 (56.2%)	37 (43.8%)