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. 2016 Nov 7;2016:1368103. doi: 10.1155/2016/1368103

Table 2.

Associations between baseline skin cancer risk factors and subsequent cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Variable No subsequent SCC (n = 59)
n (%)
Subsequent SCC (n = 91)
n (%)
P value for Chi Square test
Age [mean (STD)] 62.9 (12.4) 65.4 (8.4) 0.161
Gender
 Female 24 (40.7) 26 (28.6) 0.12
 Male 35 (59.3) 65 (71.4)
History of blistering sunburn prior to index SCC diagnosis
 No 15 (28.3) 14 (18.2)
 Yes 38 (71.7) 63 (81.8) 0.17
Tanning ability
 No 11 (21.6) 12 (15.0)
 Yes 40 (78.4) 68 (85.0) 0.33
Job in sun for more than 3 months at any time in life prior to the index SCC diagnosis
 No 31 (59.6) 39 (48.7) 0.22
 Yes 21 (40.4) 41 (51.2)
Smoking
 Never 17 (32.1) 23 (29.9)
 Ever 36 (67.9) 54 (70.1) 0.79
Alcohol
 Never drinker 12 (23.5) 15 (18.7) 0.51
 1 or more drinks in past 1 year 39 (76.5) 65 (81.2)
History of SCC prior to index SCC diagnosis
 No 7 (15.6) 1 (1.5)
 Yes 38 (84.4) 65 (98.5) 0.0072
History of BCC prior to index SCC diagnosis
 No 7 (21.2) 2 (3.6)
 Yes 26 (78.8) 53 (96.4) 0.012
History of SCC and BCC prior to index SCC diagnosis
 No 7 (21.9) 1 (2.0) 0.0052
 Yes 25 (78.1) 49 (98.0)
Number of HPV types in index SCC tumors
 0 23 (42.6) 22 (28.6) 0.17
 1 12 (22.2) 14 (18.2)
 2–5 17 (31.5) 33 (42.9)
 >5 2 (3.7) 8 (10.4)

1Student's t-test. 2Fisher's exact test.