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Chapter 3
Table 1 Participant characteristics of HNC patient’s (patient group) and healthy participants (healthy group). P values of either Mann-Whitney U testa, Fisher’s exact testb or linear-by-linear approximation of the Chi-square testc.
Patient group (N = 38)
N (%)
Healthy group (N = 40)
N (%)
P value
Gender Male Female
Age Median (range)
Length in m Median (range) Weight in kg Median (range) BMI Median (range)
Dental prosthesis
28 (74)
10 (26)
65 (35-85) 1.8 (1.5-1.9) 70 (47-103) 22 (17-35) 13 (34)
4 (11)
21 (55)
5 (13)
13 (34)
5 (13)
7 (18)
5 (13)
1 (3)
2 (5)
2 (5)
3 (8)
8 (22)
11 (30)
13 (35)
1
7 (19)
5 (14)
20 (54)
5 (14)
2
1 (3)
3 (8)
5 (15)
28 (76)
2
2 (5)
2 (5)
26 (68)
7 (18)
1 (3)
21 (53)
19 (48)
54 (40-77) 1.8 (1.5-1.9) 82 (60-110) 27 (21-36) 0 (0)
3 (8)
37 (93)
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
.064b
<.001a .928a .003a <.001a <.001c
Tumor site
T-stage
N-stage
AJCC-stage
Received treatment
Complete
Partial
None
Oral cavity Oropharynx
Larynx
Hypopharynx Nasopharynx Submandibular gland Unknown primary
T0
T1
T2
T3
T4 Unknown N0
N1
N2
N3 Unknown I
II
III
IV Unknown Surgery RT
RT +
Surgery and RT (+)
Immunotherapy and surgery
Months since treatment Median (range)
Abbreviations: NA = not applicable, RT = radiotherapy, RT + = radiotherapy with cisplatin/cetuximab/olaparib/ immunotherapy, surgery included partial glossectomy (n = 4), total laryngectomy (n = 2), composite resection (n = 2), chordectomy (n = 1), extirpation of the submandibular gland (n = 1), esophageal resection (n = 1) or debulking of the tumor (n = 1).
3 (1-335)
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