Table 1 Sociodemographic, clinical and health behavior characteristics of patients with head and neck cancer (N = 527)
From: Predictors of circulating INTERLEUKIN-6 levels in head and neck cancer patients
Factors | Categories | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | ≤ 50 | 55 (10.4) |
>  50 ≤ 60 | 155 (29.4) | |
>  60 ≤ 70 | 197 (37.4) | |
>  70 | 120 (22.8) | |
Sex | Female | 112 (21.3) |
Male | 415 (78.8) | |
Current body mass index (kg/m2) | <  18.5 | 18 (3.4) |
≥ 18.5 < 30 | 415 (78.8) | |
≥ 30 | 94 (17.8) | |
Body mass index at 20 years (kg/m2) | <  18.5 | 47 (8.9) |
≥ 18.5 < 30 | 462 (87.7) | |
≥ 30 | 18 (3.4) | |
Marital status | Not married | 137 (26.0) |
Married | 390 (74.0) | |
Household income (per year) | < $40,000 | 388 (73.6) |
≥ $40,000 | 139 (26.4) | |
Karnofsky Performance Status (%) | 90–100 | 485 (92.0) |
60–80 | 42 (8.0) | |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | 0 | 323 (61.3) |
1 | 128 (24.3) | |
≥ 2 | 76 (14.4) | |
Diabetes | No | 488 (92.6) |
Yes | 39 (7.4) | |
Glottic cancer | No | 187 (35.5) |
Yes | 340 (64.5) | |
TNM clinical stage | I | 325 (61.7) |
II | 202 (38.3) | |
Tobacco consumption (all tobacco products) | Never | 26 (4.9) |
Former | 372 (70.6) | |
Current | 129 (24.5) | |
History of alcohol abuse | No | 439 (83.3) |
Yes | 88 (16.7) | |
Sleep disturbance | Not at all | 285 (54.1) |
A little | 132 (25.0) | |
Quite a bit | 62 (11.8) | |
Very much | 48 (9.1) |