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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Derm Venereol. 2015 Apr;95(4):422–426. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1997

Table VI.

Breslow Thickness, Age at diagnosis and distribution of body site according to sex.

Total Men Women p
Mean (sd) Mean (sd) Mean (sd)
Breslow 2.02 (3.18) 2.28 (3.29) 1.80 (3.09) 0.000
Age at diagnosis 55.84 (17.51) 57.70 (16.90) 54.29 (17.84) 0.000
Body site
Acral 388 (7.8%) 140 (6.3%) 248 (9%) p<0.000
Lower Ext. 1004 (20.1%) 216 (9.7%) 779 (28.3%)
Upper Ext. 584 (11.7%) 210 (9.5%) 369 (13.4%)
Head and Neck 253 (5.1%) 158 (7.1%) 91 (3.3%)
Face 571 (11.4%) 269 (12.1%) 300 (10.9%)
Trunk 1876 (37.5%) 1083 (48.9%) 783 (28.5%)
Mucosal 49 (1%) 14 (0.6%) 34 (1.2%)
Other 200 (4%) 89 (4%) 108 (3.9%)