Table 1. Demographics of study subjects.
Category | TRC inside UADT (n = 113) (%) | TRC outside UADT (n = 17) (%) | None TRC (n = 21) (%) | Cancer free controls (n = 210) (%) |
Males | 75 (66) | 3 (18) | 6 (29) | 137 (65) |
Females | 38 (34) | 14 (82) | 15 (71) | 73 (34) |
Age(years) | ||||
Median | 50 | 50 | 44 | 46 |
Range | 26–75 | 31–70 | 23–79 | 20–84 |
Types of MPN | ||||
Synchronous | 33 (29) | 3 (18) | 3 (14) | NA |
Metachronous | 80 (71) | 14 (82) | 18 (86) | NA |
Tobacco Habit | ||||
No habit | 15 (13) | 8 (47) | 11 (52) | 21 (10) |
Only T | 70 (62) | 8 (47) | 8 (38) | 160 (76) |
T+A | 25 (22) | 1 (6) | 1 (5) | 27 (13) |
No information | 3 (3) | 0 | 1 (5) | 2 (1) |
T- Tobacco habit alone either in form of chewing or smoking.
T+A – Tobacco in form of chewing or smoking along with alcohol.
48.6% cases and 61.4% controls used smokeless tobacco in form of masheri.