Table 1.

Characteristics of laryngeal cancer cases and controls

Characteristic	Cases N=570 (62.4%)	Controls N=343 (37.6%)
Mean Age	58.7 (SD: 8.5)	58.8 (SD: 8.6)
Sex
Men	514 (90.2%)	318 (92.7%)
Women	56 (9.8%)	25 (7.3%)
Race
White	4251 (89.0)	2561 (90.0)
Black	493 (10.3)	266 (9.4)
Smoking Status
Current	445 (78.1%)	164 (47.8%)
Former	125 (21.9%)	179 (52.2%)
Alcohol Consumption
Q1–3	134 (23.5%)	85 (24.8%)
Q4	436 (76.5%)	258 (75.2%)
Time to First Cigarette
>60 minutes	59 (10.4%)	93 (27.1%)
31–60 minutes	50 (8.8%)	50 (14.6%)
1–30 minutes	461 (80.8%)	200 (58.3%)

Q=quartile.