Table 1.

Sex-specific distribution of cancer types and contact allergy

Cancer groups (NORDCAN)	Sex						Total
	Men			Women
	No contact allergy	Contact allergy	Total	No contact allergy	Contact allergy	Total
Pancreas	11	4	15	13	17	30	45
	24.4%	8.9%	33.3%	28.9%	37.8%	66.7%	100%
Brain/CNS	15	7	22	30	11	41	63
	23.8%	11.1%	34.9%	47.6%	17.5%	65.1%	100%
Cervix uteri	NA	NA	NA	34	30	64	64
				53.1%	46.9%	100%	100%
Leukaemia	27	7	34	24	13	37	71
	38.0%	9.9%	47.9%	33.8%	18.3%	52.1%	100%
Lip, oral cavity and pharynx	30	15	45	16	12	28	73
	41.1%	20.5%	61.6%	21.9%	16.4%	38.4%	100%
Corpus uteri	NA	NA	NA	48	38	86	86
				55.8%	44.2%	100%	100%
Rectum and anus	41	14	55	29	17	46	101
	40.6%	13.9	54.5%	28.7%	16.8%	45.5%	100%
Melanoma of skin	32	11	43	40	21	61	104
	30.8%	10.6%	41.3%	38.5%	20.2%	58.7%	100%
Prostate	86	36	122	NA	NA	NA	122
	70.5%	29.5%	100%				100%
Colon	43	9	52	43	29	72	124
	34.7%	7.3%	41.9%	34.7%	23.4%	58.1%	100%
Bladder, etc	63	33	96	21	22	43	139
	45.3%	23.7%	69.1%	15.1%	15.8%	30.9%	100%
Lung	83	26	109	41	42	83	192
	43.2%	13.5%	56.8%	21.4%	21.9%	43.2%	100%
Colorectal	83	23	106	71	46	117	223
	37.2%	10.3%	47.5%	31.8%	20.6%	52.5%	100%
Breast	0	0	0	248	151	399	399
				62.2%	37.8%	100%	100%
Skin, non-melanoma	203	72	275	284	166	450	725
	28.0%	9.9%	37.9%	39.2%	22.9%	62.1%	100%
All sites but non-melanoma skin cancer	531	209	740	663	452	1115	1855
	28.6%	11.3%	39.9%	35.7%	24.4%	60.1%	100%
Total (allergy database)	4519	1594	6113	4471	6338	10 809	16 922
	26.7%	9.4%	36.1%	26.4%	37.5%	63.9%	100%

The cancer types are sorted ascendingly according to the total number of patients with the respective cancer type. Only cancer types with ≥40 patients were included in the logistic regression analyses. CNS, central nervous system.