Table 1 Distribution of 130 patients with oropharyngeal carcinomas according to socio-demographic and clinical characteristics.

From: Age-independent increasing prevalence of Human Papillomavirus-driven oropharyngeal carcinomas in North-East Italy

 

Total patients

HPV-driven cancers

CMH testa

n

n

(%)

Gender

Female

35

18

(51.4)

 

Male

95

24

(25.3)

p = 0.005

Age (years)

<65

68

21

(30.9)

 

≥65

62

21

(33.9)

p = 0.717

Year of diagnosis

2000–2006

36

6

(16.7)

 

2007–2012

42

12

(28.6)

 

2013–2018

52

24

(46.2)

p < 0.001

Cancer subsite

Base of tongue

28

11

(39.3)

 

Tonsil

84

30

(35.7)

 

Other

18

1

(5.6)

p = 0.021c

TNM stage (7th ed.)

I-II

13

3

(23.1)

 

III

23

11

(47.8)

 

IV

94

28

(29.8)

p = 0.995

TNM stage (8th ed.)

I-II

38

27

(71.1)

 

III

27

15

(55.6)

 

IV

65

0

(0.0)

p < 0.001

Grading

Well differentiated

10

2

(20.0)

 

Moderately differentiated

53

13

(24.5)

 

Poorly differentiated

55

20

(36.4)

p = 0.143

Unknown

12

6

(50.0)

 

Tobacco smoking

Never

26

18

(69.2)

 

Former

30

10

(33.3)

 

Current

74

14

(18.9)

p < 0.001c

Alcohol drinkingb

Never

54

30

(55.6)

 

Former

13

1

(7.7)

 

Current

61

10

(16.4)

p < 0.001c

  1. aCochran-Mantel-Haenszel test; bTwo patients did not report drinking habits; cFisher exact test.
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