Table 2.
Distribution and mean age of cutaneous melanoma cases for each study included in the pooled analysis by anatomical site
| Study | Head & Heck | Trunk | Lower Limbs | Upper Limbs | Total† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Mean age (SD)* |
n (%) | Mean age (SD)* |
n (%) | Mean age (SD)* |
n (%) | Mean age (SD)* |
n (%) | Mean age (SD)* |
|
| Hospital/clinic-based | ||||||||||
| Bataille et al. (1996) 26 | 59 (25.4) | 49.0 (16.1) | 142 (61.2) | 52.3 (13.5) | 12 (5.2) | 53.2 (11.4) | 10 (4.3) | 53.9 (16.1) | 255 | 50.5 (14.3) |
| Elwood et al (1990) 27 | 14 (10.1) | 54.5 (17.2 | 19 (13.7) | 49.9 (12.6) | 80 (57.6) | 44.3 (12.5) | 26 (18.7) | 47.3 (14.8) | 139 | 49.1 (13.8) |
| Swerdlow et al. (1986) 35 | 10 (8.9) | 54.9 (20.3) | 14 (12.4) | 43.6 (12.4) | 71 (62.8) | 51.5 (14.5) | 16 (14.2) | 52.6 (16.2) | 113 | 51.2 (15.2) |
| Population-based | ||||||||||
| Green et al. (1985) 28 | 26 (22.8) | 58.0 (16.1) | 20 (17.5) | 38.2 (13.7) | 40 (35.1) | 45.5 (13.6) | 28 (24.6) | 46.8 (15.6) | 114 | 47.4 (15.9) |
| Holly et al. (1995) 29 | 40 (8.9) | 40.4 (10.3) | 115 (25.4) | 38.4 (9.1) | 167 (37.0) | 43.3 (9.8) | 122 (27.0) | 42.5 (9.6) | 452 | 41.7 (9.8) |
| Holman et al. (1984) 30 | 52 (18.7) | 53.6 (14.1) | 60 (21.6) | 36.9 (13.7) | 107 (38.5) | 43.9 (17.0) | 58 (20.9) | 48.3 (16.0) | 278 | 45.2 (16.5) |
| Kirkpatrick et al. (1994) 31 § | 127 | 46.0 (10.8) | ||||||||
| Langholz et al. (2000) 32 | 23 (6.7) | 43.1 (13.5) | 104 (30.5) | 41.6 (12.4) | 106 (31.1) | 45.1 (11.7) | 107 (31.4) | 42.9 (12.9) | 341 | 43.2 (12.5) |
| Østerlind et al. (1988) 33 | 20 (7.1) | 55.3 (13.7) | 76 (27.1) | 48.5 (13.8) | 148 (52.9) | 51.0 (13.7) | 36 (12.9) | 56.2 (15.2) | 280 | 51.3 (14.1) |
| Smith et al. (1998) 34 | 41 (13.4) | 62.5 (19.7) | 96 (31.3) | 50.4 (14.7) | 91 (29.6) | 51.4 (15.8) | 67 (21.8) | 55.6 (17.1) | 307 | 53.5 (16.7) |
*
Standard Deviation
†
Numbers may not sum to total as for some cases site was ‘other’ or unclassified
§
Anatomic site data not available for this study