Table 4.
Association between histological subtype, BCC (basal cell carcinoma) anatomical site, number of surgery stages and patients’ gender and age group with closure types.
| Variables | Closure type |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bi-layered linear repair |
Others |
Total |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | p | |
| Histological subtype | 0.005 | ||||||
| Aggressive | 191*** | 37.5 | 319 | 62.5 | 510 | 100.0 | |
| Non-aggressive | 215 | 46.2 | 250 | 53.8 | 465 | 100.0 | |
| Anatomic site | 0.000 | ||||||
| Nasal | 141 | 30.8 | 317 | 69.2 | 458 | 100.0 | |
| Other location | 260 | 51.3 | 247 | 48.7 | 507 | 100.0 | |
| Stages | 0.000 | ||||||
| Single stage | 217 | 50.5 | 213 | 49.5 | 430 | 100.0 | |
| ≥ 2 stages | 184 | 34.5 | 350 | 65.5 | 534 | 100.0 | |
| Gender | 0.957 | ||||||
| Female | 249 | 41.7 | 348 | 58.3 | 597 | 100.0 | |
| Male | 157 | 41.5 | 221 | 58.5 | 378 | 100.0 | |
| Age group | 0.241 | ||||||
| < 60 years | 107 | 44.4 | 134 | 55.6 | 241 | 100.0 | |
| ≥ 60 years | 290 | 40.1 | 433 | 59.9 | 723 | 100.0 | |
| Total | 406 | 41.6 | 569 | 58.4 | 975 | 100.0 | ------- |
p, chi-square test (χ2) probability.