Table 1.

Study groups’ demographic characteristics and smoking and alcohol habits (Student t-test and Pearson χ²).

Characteristics	Larynx/Hypopharynx Cancer (n = 80)	Healthy Controls (n = 23)	OR (95% CI)	p-Value
Age: mean ± SD *	62.55 ± 9.86	63.87 ± 7.94	2.24 (5.76–3.12)	0.557
Sex: n (%)			1.77 (0.15–20–47)	0.642
Male	78 (97.50)	22 (95.65)
Female	2 (2.50)	1 (4.35)
Smoking behavior: n (%)			0.85 (0.16–4.53)	0.850
Yes	74 (92.50)	21 (91.31)
No	6 (7.50)	2 (8.69)
Alcohol consumption: n (%)			1.12 (0.42–2.96)	0.812
Yes	50 (62.50)	15 (65.21)
No	30 (37.50)	8 (34.79)

* SD = standard deviation.