Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of HNSCC and colon cancer

	HNSCC	Colon	p value	Test
Number of patients	100	28
Age (years)	64	69	0.024′	†
Sex (male)	74	18	0.209	‡
Food intake <4 h (“Yes”)	23	4	0.162	‡
Currently smoking	57	4	0.000′	‡
Pack-years	34	17	0.002′	†
Aeonose serial number			0.276	*
259	27	6
309	18	2
315	18	10
362	18	5
379	19	5
Tumor stage			0.018′	*
0	3	0
1	26	6
2	20	8
3	16	11
4	35	3

* Pearson Chi square

^‡Fisher’s exact test

^†Independent t test

′ Significant