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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Prioritization of head and neck cancer patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

 

Pre-pandemic group (n = 132)

Pandemic group (n = 133)

p-value

Sociodemographics

 Sex, male (%)

91 (69)

99 (74)

0.321

 Age, mean years (SD)

65.35 (13.87)

66.50 (13.99)

0.500

 Smoking (%)

61 (46)

57 (43)

0.658

 Alcohol use (%)

53 (40)

55 (41)

0.762

Treatments

 Curative-intent treatment (%)

121 (93.1)

114 (87.0)

0.102

 Surgery only (%)

34 (30.6)

23 (21.5)

0.125

 Chemotherapy/radiotherapy only (%)

38 (34.2)

42 (39.3)

0.442

 Surgery + adjuvant therapy (%)

39 (35.1)

42 (39.3)

0.529

  1. *Significant difference (p < .05)