Table 1.
Main characteristics of patients with adenocarcinoma (ADC), non-adenocarcinoma epithelial tumor (NAET) and in the whole sample
| Patients’ characteristics | ADC | NAET | Whole sample | Chi square (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |||
| Industrial sector | Wood | 16 (50) | 5 (24) | 21 (40) | 14.60 (0.001) |
| Leather | 11 (34) | 2 (10) | 13 (25) | ||
| Other | 5 (16) | 14 (67) | 19 (36) | ||
| Age (years) | ≤59 | 8 (25) | 10 (48) | 18 (34) | 4.17 (0.125) |
| 60–74 | 8 (25) | 6 (29) | 14 (26) | ||
| >74 | 16 (50) | 5 (23) | 21 (40) | ||
| Smoking (pack-years) | 0 | 17 (53) | 14 (67) | 31 (58) | 2.67 (0.263) |
| ≤18 | 6 (19) | 5 (24) | 11 (21) | ||
| >18 | 9 (29) | 2 (9) | 11 (21) | ||
| Sex | M | 26 (81) | 14 (67) | 40 (75) | 1.46 (0.227) |
| W | 6 (19) | 7 (33) | 13 (25) | ||
| Chronic Sinusitis | Yes | 6 (19) | 4 (19) | 10 (19) | 0.001 (0.978) |
| No | 26 (81) | 17 (81) | 43 (81) | ||
| Allergies | Yes | 4 (13) | 2 (10) | 6 (11) | 0.11 (0.738) |
| No | 28 (87) | 19 (90) | 47 (89) | ||
| Site of onset | Ethmoid | 32 (100) | 6 (29) | 38 (72) | |
| Maxillary | 0 | 8 (38) | 8 (15) | ||
| Septum | 0 | 7 (33) | 7 (13) | ||
| ADC subtype | ITAC a | 30 (94) | - | - | |
| Non-ITAC | 2 (6) | - | - | ||
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