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Table 2 Patient characteristics among those with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma based on sex and HPV status

From: Sex differences in patients with high risk HPV-associated and HPV negative oropharyngeal and oral cavity squamous cell carcinomas

 

Oral Cavity HPV-associated

Oral Cavity HPV -

Male

Female

 

Male

Female

 

Count

%

Count

%

p-value

Count

%

Count

%

p-value

Mean age (years)

58,85

 

59,72

 

< 0.001

61,35

 

63,95

 

< 0.001

Ethnicity

    

0.502

    

0.512

 White

804

91.6%

296

88.9%

 

4093

87.7%

2777

88.7%

 

 Black

44

5.0%

25

7.5%

 

371

7.9%

218

7.0%

 

 American Indian/Eskimo

2

0.2%

1

0.3%

 

15

0.3%

7

0.2%

 

 Asian/Pacific Islander

20

2.3%

9

2.7%

 

151

3.2%

103

3.3%

 

 Other

8

0.9%

2

0.6%

 

39

0.8%

26

0.8%

 

Charlson/Deyo Score

    

0.11

    

0.92

 0

689

77.9%

259

77.1%

 

3607

76.7%

2434

77.0%

 

 1

165

18.7%

57

17.0%

 

837

17.8%

552

17.5%

 

 2

30

3.4%

20

6.0%

 

256

5.4%

174

5.5%

 

AJCC Clinical Staging

          

 T Staging

    

0.005

    

< 0.001

  T0

4

0.5%

0

0.0%

 

8

0.2%

5

0.2%

 

  T1

251

29.3%

129

40.1%

 

1579

34.6%

1292

42.3%

 

  T2

277

32.4%

101

31.4%

 

1409

30.8%

914

29.9%

 

  T3

96

11.2%

32

9.9%

 

506

11.1%

271

8.9%

 

  T4

216

25.2%

56

17.4%

 

1039

22.7%

551

18.1%

 

  TX

12

1.4%

4

1.2%

 

29

0.6%

19

0.6%

 

N Staging

    

0.003

    

< 0.001

  N0

420

47.5%

198

59.5%

 

3001

64.0%

2226

70.7%

 

  N1

130

14.7%

46

13.8%

 

552

11.8%

332

10.5%

 

  N2

313

35.4%

86

25.8%

 

1038

22.2%

551

17.5%

 

  N3

15

1.7%

2

0.6%

 

57

1.2%

14

0.4%

 

  NX

6

0.7%

1

0.3%

 

38

0.8%

27

0.9%

 

M Staging

    

0.939

    

0.004

  M0

833

97.9%

313

97.8%

 

4339

97.7%

2959

98.6%

 

  M1

18

2.1%

7

2.2%

 

102

2.3%

41

1.4%

 

Insurance Status

    

0.09

    

< 0.001

 Not Insured

51

5.8%

23

6.9%

 

236

5.1%

132

4.2%

 

 Private Insurance/Managed Care

420

48.1%

145

43.5%

 

1935

41.9%

1197

38.5%

 

 Medicaid

90

10.3%

30

9.0%

 

515

11.1%

260

8.4%

 

 Medicare

286

32.8%

131

39.3%

 

1850

40.0%

1480

47.6%

 

 Other Government

26

3.0%

4

1.2%

 

85

1.8%

38

1.2%

 

Median Income Quartiles 2008–2012

    

0.22

    

0.010

  < $38,000

137

15.6%

47

14.0%

 

843

18.0%

512

16.3%

 

 $38,000–$47,999

206

23.4%

93

27.8%

 

1171

25.0%

725

23.0%

 

 $48,000–$62,999

264

30.0%

85

25.4%

 

1250

26.7%

863

27.4%

 

 $63,000 +

272

30.9%

110

32.8%

 

1426

30.4%

1046

33.2%

 

Urban/Rural 2013

    

0.510

    

0.072

 Metro

741

85.2%

287

87.8%

 

3799

82.8%

2579

83.9%

 

 Urban

114

13.1%

35

10.7%

 

708

15.4%

461

15.0%

 

 Rural

15

1.7%

5

1.5%

 

81

1.8%

35

1.1%

 

Facility Type

    

0.507

    

0.967

 Community Cancer Program

64

7.6%

20

6.6%

 

274

6.1%

188

6.3%

 

 Comprehensive Community Cancer Program

239

28.3%

75

24.8%

 

1226

27.3%

823

27.6%

 

 Academic/Research Program

466

55.2%

176

58.1%

 

2487

55.3%

1643

55.0%

 

 Integrated Network Cancer Program

75

8.9%

32

10.6%

 

507

11.3%

331

11.1%

 

 Other specified types of cancer programs

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 

Facility Location

    

0.990

    

0.026

 East

178

21.1%

64

21.1%

 

995

22.1%

662

22.2%

 

 South

278

32.9%

98

32.3%

 

1660

36.9%

1014

34.0%

 

 Midwest

240

28.4%

87

28.7%

 

1149

25.6%

793

26.6%

 

 West

148

17.5%

54

17.8%

 

690

15.4%

516

17.3%

 

Treatment Group

    

< 0.001

    

< 0.001

 No treatment

29

3.3%

11

3.3%

 

163

3.5%

120

3.8%

 

 Radiation only

56

6.3%

26

7.7%

 

282

6.0%

217

6.9%

 

 Radiation and Chemo

269

30.4%

62

18.5%

 

717

15.3%

356

11.3%

 

 Surgery and Radiation

100

11.3%

37

11.0%

 

573

12.2%

396

12.5%

 

 Surgery, Chemotherapy and Radiation

146

16.5%

55

16.4%

 

806

17.1%

408

12.9%

 

 Surgery only

264

29.9%

139

41.4%

 

2072

44.1%

1620

51.3%

 

 Chemotherapy Only

20

2.3%

6

1.8%

 

87

1.9%

43

1.4%