Table 1 Age, comorbidities, monthly income, and geographic area of residence of COP and comparison cohorts.

From: Impact of carbon monoxide poisoning on the risk of breast cancer

Variable

COP cohort (n = 7053)

Comparison cohort (n = 42,318)

p value

Age (years)

34.1 ± 14.4

33.9 ± 14.6

0.272

Age subgroup (years)

20–34

3650 (51.8)

21,904 (51.8)

0.999

35–49

2522 (35.8)

15,136 (35.8)

Ā 

50–64

703 (10.0)

4222 (10.0)

Ā 

 ≄ 65

178 (2.5)

1056 (2.5)

Ā 

Comorbidity

Hypertension

193 (2.7)

1145 (2.7)

0.883

Diabetes

37 (0.5)

208 (0.5)

0.714

Hyperlipidemia

28 (0.4)

168 (0.4)

 > 0.999

Monthly income (NTD)

 < 20,000

3475 (49.3)

20,865 (49.3)

0.997

20,000–40,000

2533 (35.9)

15,198 (35.9)

Ā 

 > 40,000

1045 (14.8)

6255 (14.8)

Ā 

Geographic region

North

3955 (56.1)

23,734 (56.1)

 > 0.999

Center

1300 (18.4)

7802 (18.4)

Ā 

South

1687 (23.9)

10,114 (23.9)

Ā 

East

111 (1.6)

668 (1.6)

Ā 

Competing event

Breast Cancer

48 (0.7)

426 (1.0)

 < 0.001

Mortality

629 (8.9)

799 (1.9)

Ā 
  1. COP carbon monoxide poisoning, NTD New Taiwan dollars.
  2. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).