Table 1. Demographic and Skin Characteristics of Cases with Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Controls.
Cases with SCC (n = 55) | Controls (n = 41) | P-value | |
Age (mean years ± sd) | 74.5 | 69.9 | 0.02 |
Age | 0.08 | ||
<70 | 17 (31%) | 21 (51%) | |
70–79 | 21 (38%) | 11 (27%) | |
≥80 | 17 (31%) | 9 (22%) | |
Female Gender | 2 (4%) | 5 (12%) | 0.13 |
Ever Smoker | 42 (76%) | 31 (76%) | 0.93 |
Family Hx of Skin Cancer | 10 (20%) | 5 (13%) | 0.39 |
Propensity to Sunburn | 48 (87%) | 25 (61%)* | 0.003 |
Propensity to Sunburn | 0.001 | ||
Burns, blisters | 14 (25%) | 5 (12%)* | |
Burns, no blisters | 18 (33%) | 4 (10%) | |
Mild burn, tans | 16 (29%) | 16 (39%) | |
No burn, tans | 4 (7%) | 13 (32%) | |
No burn, no tan | 3 (5%) | 3 (7%) |