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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Jun 16;67(1):e17–e27. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.04.008

Table II.

Differences between patients who were and were not diagnosed with MM during FU

MM during follow-up p-value OR 95% CI
No (N=540) Yes (N=78)
n % n %
Sex 0.020
 Female 304 56.3 33 42.3 1.00 (Reference)
 Male 236 43.7 45 57.7 1.76 (1.09–2.84)
Age at inclusion 0.001
 0–20 51 9.4 5 6.4 1.00 (Reference)
 21–40 295 54.6 31 39.7 1.07 (0.40–2.89)
 41–60 171 31.7 31 39.7 1.85 (0.68–5.00)
 >60 23 4.3 11 14.1 4.88 (1.52–15.66)
AMS 0.636
 No 53 9.8 9 11.5 1.00 (Reference)
 Yes 487 90.2 69 88.5 0.83 (0.39–1.77)
Previous melanoma <0.001
 No 317 58.7 24 30.8 1.00 (Reference)
 Yes 223 41.3 54 69.2 3.20 (1.92–5.33)
Previous multiple melanoma 0.003
 No 484 89.6 61 78.2 1.00 (Reference)
 Yes 56 10.4 17 21.8 2.41 (1.32–4.41)
Number of melanoma previous to beginning 0.070
 1 165 74.3 37 68.5 1.00 (Reference)
 2 49 22.1 10 18.5 0.91 (0.42–1.96)
 3 5 2.3 3 5.6 2.68 (0.61–11.70)
 4 2 0.9 2 3.7 4.46 (0.61–32.69)
 5 1 0.5 2 3.7 8.92 (0.79–100.98)
Nevi count 0.058
 < 50 40 7.4 4 5.1 1.00 (Reference)
 50–100 200 37.0 18 23.1 0.90 (0.29–2.80)
 100–200 204 37.8 37 47.4 1.81 (0.61–5.37)
 > 200 96 17.8 19 24.4 1.98 (0.63–6.19)
More than 100 nevus 0.007
 No 240 44.4 22 28.2 1.00 (Reference)
 Yes 300 55.6 56 71.8 2.04 (1.21–3.43)
Phototype 0.422
 I 15 2.8 4 5.1 1.00 (Reference)
 II 219 40.6 30 38.5 0.51 (0.16–1.65)
 III 284 52.6 43 55.1 0.57 (0.18–1.79)
 IV 22 4.1 1 1.3 0.17 (0.02–1.68)
Phototype 0.966
 I–II 234 43.3 34 43.6 1.00 (Reference)
 III–IV 306 56.7 44 56.4 0.99 (0.61–1.60)
Lentigines 0.286
 No 214 39.6 26 33.3 1.00 (Reference)
 Yes 326 60.4 52 66.7 1.31 (0.80–2.17)
Excised lesions <0.001
 0 211 39.1 0 0.0 - -
 1 135 25.0 14 18.0 1,00 (Reference)
 2 70 13.0 14 18.0 1,93 (0.87–4.27)
 3 50 9.3 14 18.0 2,70 (1.20–6.06)
 4 35 6.5 9 11.5 2,48 (0.99–6.20)
 5 15 2.8 5 6.4 3,21 (1.02–10.17)
 6 10 1.9 7 9.0 6,75 (2.22–20.52)
 >=7 14 2.6 15 19.2 10,33 (4.15–25.74)
CDKN2A <0.001
 Negative 239 44.3 61 78.2 1.00 (Reference)
 not performed 272 50.4 7 9.0 0.10 (0.05–0.22)
 Positive 29 5.4 10 12.8 1.35 (0.62–2.92)

mean (SD) mean (SD) p-value OR 95% CI

Age at inclusion 36.2 (12.8) 42.4 (15.5) <0.001 1.03 (1.02–1.05)
Number of controlled lesions 17.6 (8.2) 24.2 (13.0) <0.001 1.07 (1.04–1.09)
number of excised lesions 1.5 (1.9) 4.3 (3.5) <0.001 1.50 (1.35–1.66)
Length of follow-up (months) 85.3 (29.9) 88.8 (31.0) 0.348 1.00 (1.00–1.01)

AMS: Atypical Mole Syndrome