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Table 4: Frequency distribution of predisposing factors in patients with oral cavity cancer in the INCan. |
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Predisposing factors |
Men n (%) |
Women n (%) |
Subtotal n (%) |
fi |
hi |
Fi |
Hi |
|
Smoking |
4 (3.20) |
13 (13.50) |
17 (7.7) |
17 |
0.077 |
17 |
0.077 |
|
Alcoholism |
8 (6.30) |
3 (3.10) |
11 (5.0) |
11 |
0.050 |
28 |
0.127 |
|
Cooking with firewood |
4 (3.20) |
34 (35.40) |
38 (17.1) |
38 |
0.171 |
66 |
0.298 |
|
Consumption of drugs |
3 (2.40) |
0 (0.00) |
3 (1.4) |
3 |
0.014 |
69 |
0.312 |
|
Cooking with firewood + smoking |
1 (0.80) |
1 (1.00) |
2 (0.9) |
2 |
0.009 |
71 |
0.321 |
|
Alcoholism + smoking |
37 (29.40) |
12 (12.50) |
49 (22.1) |
49 |
0.221 |
120 |
0.542 |
|
Cooking with firewood + alcoholism |
6 (4.80) |
9 (9.40) |
15 (6.8) |
15 |
0.068 |
135 |
0.610 |
|
Alcoholism + smoking + drugs |
6 (4.80) |
0 (0.00) |
6 (2.7) |
6 |
0.027 |
141 |
0.637 |
|
Alcoholism + drugs |
1 (0.80) |
0 (0.00) |
1 (0.5) |
1 |
0.005 |
142 |
0.642 |
|
Alcoholism + smoking + cooking with firewood |
44 (34.90) |
1 (1.00) |
45 (20.3) |
45 |
0.203 |
187 |
0.845 |
|
Alcoholism + smoking + cooking with firewood + drugs |
3 (2.40) |
0 (0.00) |
3 (1.4) |
3 |
0.014 |
190 |
0.859 |
|
None |
9 (7.10) |
22 (23.20) |
31 (14.0) |
31 |
0.140 |
221 |
1.000 |
|
Total |
126 (57.01) |
95 (42.99) |
221 (100.0) |
221 |
1 |
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Confidence level of 95% (p < 0.05). fi = absolute frequency, hi = relative frequency, Fi = cumulative absolute frequency, Hi = cumulative relative frequency. Source: Database of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery of the INCan. |
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