Table 1 Clinicopathological data of 72 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and 61 controls. Most patients are male, older than 40 years, current smokers and alcoholic, have large tumors derived from tongue C02 and floor of mouth C04 subsites with nodal metastases.
Parameter | Group | Patient | Control |
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Gender | Male | 64 (88.9) | 50 (82.0) |
Female | 08 (11.1) | 11 (18.0) | |
Age at diagnosis (years) | Median | 58.6 | 58.2 |
Range | 42–80 | 37–78 | |
BMI (kg/m2)—technician measurements | Median | 23.4 | |
Range | 15.2–34.7 | ||
BMI (kg/m2)—self-reported | Median | 22.8 | 27.8 |
Range | 13.6–32.4 | 17.6–45.7 | |
Smoking | Current | 55 (77.5) | 10 (16.4) |
Former | 16 (22.5) | 32 (52.5) | |
Never | 13 (21.3) | ||
Passive smoker | 06 (9.8) | ||
NA | 01 | ||
Alcohol abuse | Current | 31 (43.7) | 34 (55.7) |
Former | 40 (56.3) | 21 (34.4) | |
Never | 06 (9.8) | ||
NA | 01 | ||
Subsite | Oral tongue (C02) | 28 (38.9) | |
Floor of mouth (C04) | 41 (56.9) | ||
Cheek mucosa (C06) | 02 (2.8) | ||
Gum (C03) | 01 (1.4) | ||
TNM Classification | T1 | 13 (18.0) | |
T2 | 17 (23.6) | ||
T3 | 12 (16.7) | ||
T4 | 30 (41.7) | ||
N0 | 35 (48.6) | ||
N1 | 07 (9.7) | ||
N2 | 28 (38.9) | ||
N3 | 02 (2.8) |
