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Table 2 Risk factors of skin cancer or their precursor by total body skin examination findings

From: Skin cancers and their risk factors in older persons: a population-based study

 

Skin cancer/precursor in TBSE

OR (univariable)

OR (multivariable)b

No n(%)

Yes n(%)

Sex

 Female

276 (79.8)

70 (20.2)

Ref

Ref

 Male

135 (65.5)

71 (34.5)

2.07 (1.41-3.06, p < 0.001)

1.97 (1.26-3.08, p = 0.003)

Age

 Mean (SD)

75.7 (4.2)

76.9 (4.2)

1.06 (1.02-1.11, p = 0.007)

1.04 (0.99-1.10, p = 0.123)

Outdoor working

 No

360 (75.9)

114 (24.1)

Ref

Ref

 Yes

51 (66.2)

26 (33.8)

1.61 (0.95-2.68, p = 0.071)

1.71 (0.93-3.10, p = 0.079)

Fitzpatrick’s skin type

 I-III

323 (73.4)

117 (26.6)

Ref

Ref

 IV

86 (78.2)

24 (21.8)

0.77 (0.46-1.25, p = 0.306)

0.71 (0.39-1.24, p = 0.239)

Socioeconomic status

 No education/Primary school

85 (81.7)

19 (18.3)

Ref

Ref

 Secondary school

149 (77.2)

44 (22.8)

1.32 (0.73-2.45, p = 0.363)

1.21 (0.65-2.29, p = 0.558)

 Post-secondary level education/vocational college/university

132 (69.5)

58 (30.5)

1.97 (1.11-3.60, p = 0.024)

1.79 (0.97-3.40, p = 0.066)

Previous skin cancera

 No

368 (78.0)

104 (22.0)

Ref

Ref

 Yes

43 (53.8)

37 (46.2)

3.04 (1.86-4.97, p < 0.001)

2.56 (1.43-4.55, p = 0.001)

  1. There may be some missing data while not all participants reported complete information on health questionnaires
  2. OR Odds ratio, TBSE Total body skin examination, CRCH the Finnish Care Register for Health Care)
  3. a Data from CRCH
  4. b Logistig regression analysis, adjusted for sex, age, outdoor working, Fitzpatrick’s skin type, socioeconomic status, previous history of skin cancer (the CRCH and self-reported data). A Wald z-statistic was used for p-values