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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2022 Apr 9;44(7):1563–1575. doi: 10.1002/hed.27054

TABLE 3:

Association of incident hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes at one-year post head and neck cancer diagnosis with socio-demographic, behavioral, and cancer-related factors.

Variables Incident Hypertension at one-
year [yes (n=660) vs no (n=238)]
Incident dyslipidemia at one-year
[yes (n=251) vs no (n=1186)]
Incident diabetes at one-year
[yes (n=153) vs no (n=1589)]
Unadjusted*
[RR (95%CI)]
Adjusted*
[RR (95%CI)]
Unadjusted*
[RR (95%CI)]
Adjusted*
[RR (95%CI)]
Unadjusted*
[RR (95%CI)]
Adjusted*
[RR (95%CI)]
Age at HNSCC diagnosis (years)
45 or less Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
46 to <65 1.44 (1.03-2.01) 1.39 (1.01-1.93) 5.11 (1.65-15.85) 5.80 (1.85-18.11) 2.83 (0.90-8.88) 3.45 (1.10-10.87)
65 or above 1.65 (1.18-2.31) 1.52 (1.10-2.10) 12.26 (3.97-37.83) 12.64 (4.07-39.28) 5.30 (1.70-16.51) 5.92 (1.87-18.76)
Gender
Female Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Male 0.91 (0.84-0.98) 0.97 (0.89-1.06) 0.90 (0.70-1.16) 1.07 (0.83-1.38) 0.83 (0.59-1.15) 1.02 (0.74-1.39)
Race
White Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Black 1.02 (0.91-1.14) 1.11 (0.99-1.24) 0.53 (0.35-0.81) 0.73 (0.50-1.08) 0.80 (0.49-1.32) 1.21 (0.74-1.96)
Marital Status
Married/ with partner Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Divorced/ separated/ widowed 1.09 (1.00-1.19) 1.06 (0.97-1.15) 0.94 (0.72-1.24) 0.93 (0.71-1.29) 0.89 (0.61-1.29) 0.91 (0.64-1.30)
Single 0.89 (0.80-1.00) 0.92 (0.82-1.02) 0.46 (0.32-0.66) 0.57 (0.41-0.84) 0.52 (0.32-0.82) 0.74 (0.46-1.18)
Geographic location (rurality)
Urban Ref NA Ref NA Ref Ref
Rural 1.01 (0.93-1.09) 1.01 (0.80-1.27) 1.67 (1.23-2.26) 1.63 (1.21-2.19)
HNSCC Site
Oral cavity Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Oropharynx 0.77 (0.70-0.85) 0.86 (0.78-0.96) 0.67 (0.51-0.87) 0.77 (0.57-1.03) 0.58 (0.40-0.84) 0.60 (0.40-0.89)
Larynx 0.74 (0.66-0.83) 0.80 (0.71-0.90) 0.52 (0.37-0.72) 0.63 (0.45-0.88) 0.49 (0.32-0.77) 0.57 (0.37-0.90)
Other 0.90 (0.79-1.02) 0.94 (0.83-1.06) 0.61 (0.39-0.96) 0.68 (0.44-1.05) 0.97 (0.60-1.56) 0.90 (0.56-1.44)
Clinical Stage at diagnosis
Early (Stages 0/ I/ II) Ref NA Ref Ref Ref NA
Advanced (III/ IV) 0.97 (0.88-1.06) 0.69 (0.51-0.88) 0.92 (0.71-1.18) 0.99 (0.70-1.40)
Other 1.05 (0.94-1.16) 0.79 (0.56-1.11) 0.86 (0.63-1.19) 1.27 (0.82-1.95)
HNSCC treatment
Surgery only Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Radiation 0.81 (0.73-0.89) 0.86 (0.78-0.95) 0.69 (0.51-0.94) 0.86 (0.63-1.19) 0.67 (0.44-1.03) 0.90 (0.56-1.44)
Chemotherapy 0.73 (0.56-0.95) 0.79 (0.61-1.03) 0.33 (0.13-0.87) 0.64 (0.25-1.62) 0.86 (0.39-1.88) 1.30 (0.59-1.36)
Chemoradiation 0.73 (0.64-0.83) 0.81 (0.70-0.93) 0.62 (0.44-0.88) 0.95 (0.63-1.42) 0.78 (0.51-1.19) 1.23 (0.76-1.98)
Other 0.67 (0.59-0.76) 0.72 (0.63-0.82) 0.52 (0.37-0.72) 0.70 (0.50-0.97) 0.35 (0.21-0.59) 0.45 (0.26-0.75)
Alcohol Use
Never Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Current 1.03 (0.95-1.12) NA 0.75 (0.59-0.96) 0.81 (0.63-1.02) 0.51 (0.36-0.71) 0.60 (0.42-0.84)
Former 0.99 (0.84-1.16) 0.91 (0.60-1.38) 1.09 (0.73-1.63) 0.55 (0.28-1.05) 0.61 (0.33-1.16)
Tobacco Use
Never Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Current 0.97 (0.87-1.08) 1.08 (0.97-1.20) 0.66 (0.49-0.89) 1.13 (0.83-1.54) 0.49 (0.33-0.75) 0.86 (0.56-1.32)
Former 1.08 (0.98-1.18) 1.17 (1.06-1.28) 0.99 (0.76-1.29) 1.22 (0.93-1.58) 0.86 (0.61-1.21) 1.06 (0.75-1.48)
BMI Category
Underweight/Normal Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Overweight 1.03 (0.93-1.13) 1.02 (0.94-1.12) 1.73 (1.30-2.29) 1.59 (1.20-2.11) 2.04 (1.34-3.08) 1.98 (1.31-2.98)
Obese 1.12 (1.02-1.23) 1.13 (1.03-1.24) 2.05 (1.54-2.73) 2.06 (1.55-2.73) 3.28 (2.20-4.88) 3.18 (2.13-4.76)

Notes: Abbreviations *[RR (95%CI)]=Risk ratio(95% CI), HNSCC = head neck squamous cell carcinoma, BMI = Body mass index, NA= not applicable (as not included in adjusted model); Bold= p -value ≤ 0.05.