Table 5.

Comparison between patients with sarcoidosis that did or did not have a tumor history.

Background	Past Tumor (n = 34)	Not Past Tumor (n = 278)	p-Value	Odds Ratio
Age diagnosed sarcoidosis	60.41 ± 12.80	53.16 ± 15.83	0.009 **	1.04 (1.01–1.06)
Male	29.4% (10)	32.0% (89)	0.847	0.89 (0.41–1.93)
BMI	23.17 ± 2.96	22.54 ± 3.91	0.259	1.04 (0.94–1.15)
DM	11.8% (4)	3.6% (10)	0.054	3.57 (1.06–12.10)
Dialysis	0.0% (0)	1.1% (3)	1	-
Asthma	0.0% (0)	6.8% (19)	0.243	-
Allergy to pollen	5.9% (2)	11.5% (32)	0.557	0.45 (0.10–1.97)
Allergy	23.5% (8)	19.8% (55)	0.651	1.16 (0.50–2.72)
food allergy	2.9% (1)	5.8% (16)	0.705	0.47 (0.06–3.64)
drug allergy	20.6% (7)	14.4% (40)	0.318	1.45 (0.59–3.56)
Smoking	38.2% (13)	33.5% (93)	0.571	1.12 (0.52–2.39)
Alcohol	23.5% (8)	32.4% (90)	0.334	0.48 (0.21–1.13)
Foreign	0.0% (0)	0.4% (1)	1	-
Use of immunosuppressive drugs	2.9% (1)	1.1% (3)	0.371	2.78 (0.28–27.48)

BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus. Values are mean ± standard deviation (SD) or percentage (%) and number or odds ratio and 95% confidence interval. ** p < 0.01. Immunosuppressive drugs: azathioprine, methotrexate, and tacrolimus.