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. 2017 Aug 10;8(45):78633–78641. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.20203

Table 1. General characteristics of patients included in this study.

Characteristics n (%)
Gender
 male 118 (67.8)
 female 56 (32.2)
Age at diagnosis (years)
 range 14 - 81
 mean ± SD 50.55±11.72
BMI
 < 24 115 (66.1)
 ≥ 24 59 (33.9)
Drinking
 yes 44 (25.3)
 no 130 (74.7)
Smoking
 yes 76 (43.7)
 no 98 (56.3)
Family history
 yes 24 (13.8)
 no 150 (86.2)
T stage1
 1-2 45 (25.9)
 3-4 129 (74.1)
N stage1
 0-1 88 (50.6)
 2-3 86 (49.4)
Clinical stage1
 I-II 24 (13.8)
 III-IV 150 (86.2)
Treatment
 radiotherapy alone 34 (19.5)
 chemoradiotherapy 140 (80.5)
EBV-DNA
 negative 58 (33.3)
 positive 116 (66.7)

1 Using 7th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system.

BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation; EBV-DNA, plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA.