Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristic of study subjects (n = 409)

From: Histopathological and risk factor analyses of oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancer in a proactive screening in northeastern Thailand

Characteristics

Male

Female

All

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

111

27.14

298

72.86

409

100.00

Age (years)

      

 40–49

8

7.21

11

3.69

19

4.65

 50–59

24

21.62

54

18.12

78

19.07

 60–69

48

43.24

104

34.90

152

37.16

 70–79

26

23.42

104

34.90

130

31.78

 80–89

5

4.50

21

7.05

26

6.36

 ≥ 90

0

0.00

4

1.34

4

0.98

 Mean ± SD

64.30 ± 9.17

66.10 ± 9.61

 

66.34 ± 9.57

 Minimum–Maximum

42–88

42–94

42–94

Smoking

      

 Never

46

41.44

289

96.98

335

81.91

 Smoker

47

42.34

6

2.01

53

12.96

 Ex-smoker

18

16.22

3

1.01

21

5.13

 N/A

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

Smokeless tobacco

      

 Never

91

81.98

235

78.86

326

79.71

 Smoker

12

10.81

55

18.46

67

16.38

 Ex-smoker

5

4.50

6

2.01

11

2.69

 N/A

3

2.70

2

0.67

5

1.22

Secondhand smoker

      

 No

72

64.86

201

67.45

273

66.99

 Yes

27

24.32

86

28.86

113

27.43

 N/A

12

10.81

11

3.69

23

5.58

Alcohol drinking

      

 Never

48

43.24

240

80.54

288

70.42

 Alcohol drinker

43

38.74

40

13.42

83

20.29

 Ex-alcohol drinker

19

17.12

16

5.37

35

8.56

 N/A

1

0.90

2

0.67

3

0.73

Betel quid chewing

      

 Never

98

88.29

113

37.92

211

51.59

 Chewer

10

9.01

167

56.04

177

43.28

 Ex-chewer

2

1.80

18

6.04

20

4.89

 N/A

1

0.90

0

0.00

1

0.24

Working in sunlight more than 4 days a week

      

 No

34

30.63

153

51.34

187

45.72

 Yes

75

67.57

142

47.65

217

53.06

 N/A

2

1.80

3

1.00

5

1.22

History of head and neck cancer

      

 No

97

87.39

283

94.97

380

92.91

 Yes

9

8.11

15

5.03

24

5.87

 N/A

5

4.50

0

0.00

5

1.22

Oral lesions

      

 Cancerous lesions

9

8.11

13

4.36

22

5.38

 OPMD

53

47.75

183

61.41

236

57.70

 Non-OPMD/oral cancer

49

44.14

102

34.23

151

36.92

  1. OPMDs oral potentially malignant disorders, SD standard deviation