Table 1.

Distribution of Sociodemographic and Anthropometric Factors Among Cases With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Controls, CHANCE Study, North Carolina, 2002–2006

Variable	Controls (n = 1,317)		Cases (n = 1,176)
	No.	%	No.	%
Age group, years
<50	146	11.1	230	19.6
50–54	154	11.7	188	16.0
55–59	200	15.2	188	16.0
60–64	199	15.1	203	17.3
65–69	236	17.9	160	13.6
70–74	223	16.9	131	11.1
≥75	159	12.1	76	6.5
Race
White	105,4	80.0	880	74.8
Black	246	18.7	274	23.3
Other	17	1.3	22	1.9
Gender
Male	909	69.0	899	76.5
Female	408	31.0	277	23.6
Body mass indexa
<18.5	10	0.8	35	3.0
18.5–24.9	396	30.1	439	37.3
25.0–29.9	534	40.6	400	34.0
≥30.0	375	28.5	302	25.7
Education
High school or less	518	39.3	707	60.1
Some college	388	29.5	291	24.7
College graduation or more	411	31.2	178	15.1
Liquor consumption, 1.5-ounce (44.4-mL) servings per week
0	462	35.3	246	21.0
<1	271	20.7	181	15.5
1–4	285	21.8	215	18.4
5–14	161	12.3	184	15.7
15–29	70	5.3	138	11.8
≥30	61	4.7	207	17.7
Beer consumption, 12-ounce (0.4-L) servings per week
0	478	36.5	222	19.0
<1	185	14.1	98	8.4
1–4	281	21.4	177	15.1
5–14	227	17.3	259	22.2
15–29	69	5.3	149	12.7
≥30	71	5.4	264	22.6
Duration of cigarette smoking, years
Never smoker	505	38.4	160	13.6
1–19	281	21.4	110	9.4
20–39	317	24.1	449	38.2
≥40	211	16.1	455	38.8
Total energy intake, kcal/day
944.9–1,440.0	263	20.0	116	9.9
1,440.1–1,763.5	263	20.0	127	10.8
1,763.6–2,056.5	264	20.0	157	13.4
2,056.6–2,474.4	263	20.0	240	20.4
2,474.5–4,324.22	264	20.0	536	45.6
Cancer site
Oral/pharyngeal	N/A	N/A	757	64.4
Laryngeal	N/A	N/A	419	35.6

Abbreviations: CHANCE, Carolina Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology; N/A, not applicable.

^aWeight (kg)/height (m)².