Table 1.
Characteristics of Study Subjects
Controls | SCC cases | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | P Value | |
Gender | |||||||
Male | 23 | 36.5 | 50 | 79.4 | 73 | 57.9 | <0.05 |
Female | 40 | 63.5 | 13 | 20.6 | 53 | 42.1 | |
Occupational environment | |||||||
Outdoor | 4 | 6.3 | 25 | 39.7 | 29 | 23 | <0.05 |
Indoor | 59 | 93.7 | 38 | 60.3 | 97 | 77 | |
Sunlight exposure (weekly) | |||||||
>6 hours | 3 | 4.8 | 25 | 39.7 | 28 | 22.2 | <0.05 |
<6 hours | 60 | 95.2 | 38 | 60.3 | 98 | 77.8 | |
Family history of SCC | |||||||
Positive | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.9 | 5 | 4 | >0.05 |
Negative | 63 | 100 | 58 | 92.1 | 121 | 96 | |
Personal history of SCC | |||||||
Positive | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14.3 | 9 | 7.1 | <0.05 |
Negative | 63 | 100 | 54 | 85.7 | 117 | 92.9 | |
Smoking | |||||||
Yes | 18 | 28.6 | 17 | 27 | 35 | 27.8 | >0.05 |
No | 45 | 71.4 | 46 | 73 | 91 | 72.2 | |
Total | 63 | 50 | 63 | 50 | 126 | 100 |