Table 1 Characterization of participants according the presence of actinic keratoses
From: Actinic keratoses in subjects from la Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador
Demographics | Actinic Keratoses | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No n = 197 (77.6%) | Yes n = 57 (22.4%) | ||||
No. | % | No. | % | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 58 | 80.6 | 14 | 19.4 | 0.47 |
Female | 139 | 76.4 | 43 | 23.6 | |
Age group | |||||
40–65 | 127 | 80.4 | 31 | 19.6 | 0.21 |
> 65 | 70 | 72.9 | 26 | 27.1 | |
Education | |||||
None | 19 | 65.5 | 10 | 34.5 | 0.16 |
Primary | 111 | 75.5 | 36 | 24.5 | |
Secondary | 38 | 86.4 | 6 | 13.6 | |
High school | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Technical | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
University | 20 | 80.0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
Ethnic | |||||
Mestiza | 173 | 77.4 | 50 | 22.6 | 0.98 |
Other | 24 | 77.6 | 7 | 22.4 | |
Alcohol consumption | |||||
Never | 116 | 78.4 | 32 | 21.6 | 0.31 |
Hardly ever | 75 | 77.3 | 22 | 22.7 | |
Often | 6 | 75 | 2 | 25.0 | |
Always | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | |
Smoking history | |||||
Nonsmoker | 19 | 79.2 | 5 | 20.8 | 0.50 |
Ex-smoker | 158 | 76.3 | 49 | 23.7 | |
Smoker | 20 | 87% | 3 | 13.0 | |