Table 3 Association between the laboratory tests and patient data in 159 oral carcinoma patients
CRP | alb | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 3 | 3≤ | ≤ 38 | 38< | |||||||
n (of 96) | % | n (of 63) | % | p value | n (of 83) | % | n (of 76) | % | p value | |
Age (years) | ||||||||||
<66 | 44 | 57.1 | 33 | 42.9 | 34 | 44.2 | 43 | 55.8 | ||
≥66 | 52 | 63.4 | 30 | 36.6 | 0.517 | 49 | 59.8 | 33 | 40.2 | 0.057 |
Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 48 | 58.5 | 34 | 41.5 | 41 | 50.0 | 41 | 50.0 | ||
Female | 48 | 62.3 | 29 | 37.7 | 0.631 | 42 | 54.5 | 35 | 45.5 | 0.634 |
Smoking | ||||||||||
non-smoker | 68.8 | 25 | 31.3 | 49 | 61.3 | 31 | 38.8 | |||
current smoker | 51.9 | 38 | 48.1 | 0.036 | 34 | 43.0 | 45 | 57.0 | 0.026 | |
Heavy alcohol use | ||||||||||
No | 87 | 66.4 | 44 | 33.6 | 67 | 51.1 | 64 | 48.9 | ||
Yes | 9 | 32.1 | 19 | 67.9 | 0.001 | 16 | 57.1 | 12 | 42.9 | 0.678 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | ||||||||||
0–1 | 23 | 71.9 | 9 | 28.1 | 7 | 21.9 | 25 | 78.1 | ||
2–4 | 64 | 60.4 | 42 | 39.6 | 61 | 57.5 | 45 | 42.5 | ||
≥ 5 | 9 | 42.9 | 12 | 57.1 | 0.123 | 15 | 71.4 | 6 | 28.6 | <0.001 |