Table 3 The crude and adjusted odds ratio of area of BCC, patient demographics, or comorbidities associated with the development of multiple BCCs by logistic regression analyses.

From: Different histopathologic profiles and outcomes between sun-exposed BCC and non-sun-exposed BCC

 

Multiple, n (%)

Singular, n (%)

COR (95% CI)

p-value

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

Lesion of sun-exposed area

18 (81.8)

320 (91.4)

0.42 (0.13-1.33)

0.140

0.55 (0.16-1.90)

0.342

Age

<65.0

3 (13.6)

91 (26.0)

1 [Reference]

65.0–74.99

7 (31.8)

85 (24.3)

2.45 (0.63–9.97)

0.195

2.43 (0.58–10.25)

0.228

>=75.0

12 (54.5)

174 (49.7)

2.09 (0.58–7.60)

0.262

2.03 (0.51–8.13)

0.316

Sex (men)

13 (59.1)

223 (63.7)

0.82 (0.34–1.98)

0.663

0.68 (0.27–1.70)

0.406

DM

5 (22.7)

91 (26.0)

0.84 (0.30–2.33)

0.734

0.71 (0.22–2.28)

0.560

HT

11 (50.0)

162 (46.3)

1.16 (0.49–2.47)

0.735

0.92 (0.34–2.49)

0.875

CKD

2 (9.1)

28 (8.0)

1.15 (0.26–5.17)

0.855

0.54 (0.07–4.07)

0.551

Gout

2 (9.1)

9 (2.6)

3.79 (0.77–18.71)

0.102

7.32 (0.85–62.98)

0.070

Dementia

3 (13.6)

10 (2.9)

5.37 (1.36–21.14)

0.016

5.84 (1.34–25.58)

0.019

Arsenism

1 (4.5)

4 (1.1)

4.12 (0.44–38.50)

0.214

3.40 (0.31–36.66)

0.314

  1. DM: diabetes mellitus; HT: hypertension; CKD: chronic kidney disease; COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. p-value <0.05: two-tailed statistical significance.