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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Invest Dermatol. 2005 Feb;124(2):308–314. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23546.x

Table I.

Comparison of interviewed and non-interviewed subjects n =500 (%)

Interviewed participants (%) Non-interviewed (%) Total (%)
Anatomic sitea
 Upper limb 4 (1.8) 1 (0.4) 5 (1.0)
 Back 1 (0.5) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.4)
 Chest 3 (1.4) 2 (0.7) 5 (1.0)
 Posterior ear 2 (0.9) 5 (1.8) 7 (1.4)
 Anterior ear 18 (8.2) 27 (9.6) 45 (9.0)
 Eye 17 (7.8) 23 (8.2) 40 (8.0)
 Neck 6 (2.7) 5 (1.8) 11 (2.2)
 Submandible 1 (0.5) 0 (—) 1 (0.2)
 Jawline 1 (0.5) 2 (0.7) 3 (0.6)
 Chin 5 (2.3) 3 (1.1) 8 (1.6)
 Vermillion lip 6 (2.7) 5 (1.8) 11 (2.2)
 Anterior lip 7 (3.2) 11 (3.9) 18 (3.6)
 Alar lip 5 (2.3) 14 (5.0) 19 (3.8)
 Nose 39 (17.8) 66 (23.5) 105 (21.0)
 Nasofacial fold 20 (9.1) 17 (6.1) 37 (7.4)
 Cheek 26 (11.9) 31 (11.0) 57 (11.4)
 Pre-auricular 4 (1.8) 6 (2.1) 10 (2.0)
 Post-auricular 3 (1.4) 3 (1.1) 6 (1.2)
 Forehead 26 (11.9) 20 (7.1) 46 (9.2)
 Scalp 25 (11.4) 39 (13.9) 64 (12.8)
Age (y)b
 <40 8 (4) 3 (1) 11 (2)
 41–50 29 (13) 15 (5) 44 (9)
 51–60 36 (16) 47 (17) 83 (17)
 61–70 43 (20) 36 (13) 79 (16)
 71–80 80 (37) 87 (31) 167 (33)
 81–90 22 (10) 83 (30) 105 (21)
 >90 1 (0) 10 (4) 11 (2)
Histologic subtypec
 Morpheaform BCC 10 (4.6) 13 (4.6) 23 (4.6)
 Infiltrating BCC 22 (10.0) 27 (9.6) 49 (9.8)
 Superficial BCC 6 (2.7) 6 (2.1) 12 (2.4)
 Basosquamous BCC 4 (1.8) 10 (3.6) 14 (2.8)
 Nodular BCC 60 (27.4) 77 (27.4) 137 (27.4)
 SCC in situ 13 (5.9) 17 (6.0) 30 (6.0)
 Moderately differentiated SCC 5 (2.3) 6 (2.1) 11 (2.2)
 Well-differentiated SCC 18 (8.2) 16 (5.7) 34 (6.8)
 Superficial SCC 4 (1.8) 5 (1.8) 9 (1.8)
 Other types of SCC 8 (3.7) 8 (2.8) 16 (3.2)
 No histological subtype available 69 (31.5) 96 (34.1) 165 (33.0)
Genderd
 Females 94 (42.9) 110 (39.1) 204 (40.8)
 Males 125 (57.1) 171 (60.9) 296 (59.2)
Total subjects 219 281 500
a

Logistic regression Wald χ2 =15.46, p =0.7.

b

Logistic regression Wald χ2 =28.55, p<0.0001.

c

Logistic regression Wald χ2 =3.149, p =1.0.

d

χ2 =0.726, p =0.4.

BCC, basal cell carcinoma; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma.