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. 2022 Mar 25;14(3):e23487. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23487

Table 1. Characteristics between unrecognized versus recognized cancer event groups.

 *P-value from Mann-Whitney U test for non-parametric data

†P-value from chi-square

‡ Immunosuppression includes chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and organ transplant on immunosuppressive medications

 § High Risk: Basal cell carcinoma: morpheaform, basosquamous, infiltrative and micronodular; squamous cell carcinoma: poorly differentiated and moderately differentiated; melanoma (any subtype)

  Characteristic   Unrecognized Cancer Event Recognized Cancer Event P-value
Median Age in Years 76 71 0.388 *
Age Range in Years 32-90 42-93
Male Sex Number Percent Number Percent 0.067 †  
33 65 99 78
Immunosuppression ‡ 7 14 49 39 0.001 †  
High Risk § 10 20 31 24 0.491 †
Low Risk 41 80 96 76
Median Mohs Interval in Months High Risk § Low Risk 0.747 *
4 6
Mohs Interval Interquartile Range in Months 7 7
Range of Mohs Intervals in Months 2-18 1-28