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Table 1 Sociodemographic and dental characteristics, pathologies, and habits of the patients studied

From: Evaluation of oral mucositis, candidiasis, and quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer treated with a hypofractionated or conventional radiotherapy protocol: a longitudinal, prospective, observational study

Variables

Group

GHipo (n = 23)

GConv (n = 43)

Total (n = 66)

p-value

Age (mean [SD])

64.8 (10.8)

59.6 (10.7)

60.9 (11.1)

0.040

Sex

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

 Female

4 (17.4%)

11 (25.6%)

15 (22.7%)

0.449#

 Male

19 (82.6%)

32 (74.4%)

51 (77.3%)

Race

 Pheoderma

14 (60.9%)

30 (69.8%)

44 (66.7%)

 

 Leukoderma

7 (30.4%)

9 (20.9%)

16 (24.2%)

0.784#

 Melanoderma

2 (8.7%)

4 (9.3%)

6 (9.1%)

Marital Status

 Married

12 (52.2%)

21 (48.8%)

33 (50.0%)

 

 Divorced

2 (8.7%)

5 (11.6%)

7 (10.6%)

0.413#

 Single

4 (17.4%)

13 (30.2%)

17 (25.8%)

 Widower

5 (21.7%)

4 (9.3%)

9 (13.6%)

 

Diabetes

 No

21 (91.3%)

40 (93.0%)

61 (92.4%)

1.000#

 Yes

2 (8.7%)

3 (7.0%)

5 (7.6%)

Hypertension

 No

13 (56.5%)

30 (69.8%)

43 (65.2%)

0.282#

 Yes

10 (43.5%)

13 (30.2%)

23 (34.8%)

Respiratory disease

 No

22 (95.7%)

40 (95.2%)

62 (95.4%)

1.000# # #

 Yes

1 (4.3%)

2 (4.8%)

3 (4.6%)

Gastrointestinal disease

 No

22 (95.7%)

40 (95.2%)

62 (95.4%)

1.000# # #

 Yes

1 (4.3%)

2 (4.8%)

3 (4.6%)

Neurological disease

 No

20 (87.0%)

37 (88.1%)

57 (87.7%)

1.000#

 Yes

3 (13.0%)

5 (11.9%)

8 (12.3%)

Rheumatic disease

 No

23 (100.0%)

40 (95.2%)

63 (96.9%)

0.536# # #

 Yes

0 (0.0%)

2(4.8%)

2 (3.1%)

Smoking

 Never smoked

1 (4.3%)

10 (23.3%)

11 (16.7%)

0.050# #

 Smoker

5 (21.7%)

13 (30.2%)

18 (27.3%)

 

 Former smoker

17 (73.9%)

20 (46.5%)

37 (56.1%)

 

Drinker

 No

14 (60.9%)

25 (58.1%)

39 (59.1%)

0.830#

 Yes

9 (39.1%)

18 (41.9%)

27 (40.9%)

  1. SD Standard deviation, GHipo Hypofractionation group, GConv Conventional group
  2. #Chi-square test
  3. # #Monte Carlo simulation
  4. # # #Fisher's test