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. 2018 Jun 20;3:4. doi: 10.1186/s41199-018-0031-y

Table 2.

Patient characteristics among those with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma based on sex and HPV status

Oral Cavity HPV-associated Oral Cavity HPV -
Male Female Male Female
Count % Count % p-value Count % Count % p-value
Mean age (years) 58,85 59,72 < 0.001 61,35 63,95 < 0.001
Ethnicity 0.502 0.512
 White 804 91.6% 296 88.9% 4093 87.7% 2777 88.7%
 Black 44 5.0% 25 7.5% 371 7.9% 218 7.0%
 American Indian/Eskimo 2 0.2% 1 0.3% 15 0.3% 7 0.2%
 Asian/Pacific Islander 20 2.3% 9 2.7% 151 3.2% 103 3.3%
 Other 8 0.9% 2 0.6% 39 0.8% 26 0.8%
Charlson/Deyo Score 0.11 0.92
 0 689 77.9% 259 77.1% 3607 76.7% 2434 77.0%
 1 165 18.7% 57 17.0% 837 17.8% 552 17.5%
 2 30 3.4% 20 6.0% 256 5.4% 174 5.5%
AJCC Clinical Staging
 T Staging 0.005 < 0.001
  T0 4 0.5% 0 0.0% 8 0.2% 5 0.2%
  T1 251 29.3% 129 40.1% 1579 34.6% 1292 42.3%
  T2 277 32.4% 101 31.4% 1409 30.8% 914 29.9%
  T3 96 11.2% 32 9.9% 506 11.1% 271 8.9%
  T4 216 25.2% 56 17.4% 1039 22.7% 551 18.1%
  TX 12 1.4% 4 1.2% 29 0.6% 19 0.6%
N Staging 0.003 < 0.001
  N0 420 47.5% 198 59.5% 3001 64.0% 2226 70.7%
  N1 130 14.7% 46 13.8% 552 11.8% 332 10.5%
  N2 313 35.4% 86 25.8% 1038 22.2% 551 17.5%
  N3 15 1.7% 2 0.6% 57 1.2% 14 0.4%
  NX 6 0.7% 1 0.3% 38 0.8% 27 0.9%
M Staging 0.939 0.004
  M0 833 97.9% 313 97.8% 4339 97.7% 2959 98.6%
  M1 18 2.1% 7 2.2% 102 2.3% 41 1.4%
Insurance Status 0.09 < 0.001
 Not Insured 51 5.8% 23 6.9% 236 5.1% 132 4.2%
 Private Insurance/Managed Care 420 48.1% 145 43.5% 1935 41.9% 1197 38.5%
 Medicaid 90 10.3% 30 9.0% 515 11.1% 260 8.4%
 Medicare 286 32.8% 131 39.3% 1850 40.0% 1480 47.6%
 Other Government 26 3.0% 4 1.2% 85 1.8% 38 1.2%
Median Income Quartiles 2008–2012 0.22 0.010
  < $38,000 137 15.6% 47 14.0% 843 18.0% 512 16.3%
 $38,000–$47,999 206 23.4% 93 27.8% 1171 25.0% 725 23.0%
 $48,000–$62,999 264 30.0% 85 25.4% 1250 26.7% 863 27.4%
 $63,000 + 272 30.9% 110 32.8% 1426 30.4% 1046 33.2%
Urban/Rural 2013 0.510 0.072
 Metro 741 85.2% 287 87.8% 3799 82.8% 2579 83.9%
 Urban 114 13.1% 35 10.7% 708 15.4% 461 15.0%
 Rural 15 1.7% 5 1.5% 81 1.8% 35 1.1%
Facility Type 0.507 0.967
 Community Cancer Program 64 7.6% 20 6.6% 274 6.1% 188 6.3%
 Comprehensive Community Cancer Program 239 28.3% 75 24.8% 1226 27.3% 823 27.6%
 Academic/Research Program 466 55.2% 176 58.1% 2487 55.3% 1643 55.0%
 Integrated Network Cancer Program 75 8.9% 32 10.6% 507 11.3% 331 11.1%
 Other specified types of cancer programs 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Facility Location 0.990 0.026
 East 178 21.1% 64 21.1% 995 22.1% 662 22.2%
 South 278 32.9% 98 32.3% 1660 36.9% 1014 34.0%
 Midwest 240 28.4% 87 28.7% 1149 25.6% 793 26.6%
 West 148 17.5% 54 17.8% 690 15.4% 516 17.3%
Treatment Group < 0.001 < 0.001
 No treatment 29 3.3% 11 3.3% 163 3.5% 120 3.8%
 Radiation only 56 6.3% 26 7.7% 282 6.0% 217 6.9%
 Radiation and Chemo 269 30.4% 62 18.5% 717 15.3% 356 11.3%
 Surgery and Radiation 100 11.3% 37 11.0% 573 12.2% 396 12.5%
 Surgery, Chemotherapy and Radiation 146 16.5% 55 16.4% 806 17.1% 408 12.9%
 Surgery only 264 29.9% 139 41.4% 2072 44.1% 1620 51.3%
 Chemotherapy Only 20 2.3% 6 1.8% 87 1.9% 43 1.4%