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Table 2 The association between regular recreational physical activity and lifestyle characteristics by head and neck cancer status

From: Regular recreational physical activity and risk of head and neck cancer

 

Case

Control

Characteristics

No regular recreational physical activity

N = 414

n (%)

Regular recreational physical activity

N = 209

n (%)

P

No regular recreational physical activity

N = 397

n (%)

Regular recreational physical activity

N = 334

n (%)

P

Alcohol drinking

 Never + occasional

117 (28.3)

79 (37.8)

0.004

197 (49.6)

188 (56.3)

0.19

 Former regular

53 (12.8)

36 (17.2)

 

55 (13.9)

38 (11.4)

 

 Current regular

244 (58.9)

94 (45.0)

 

145 (36.5)

108 (32.3)

 

 Never

111 (26.8)

75 (35.9)

0.07

177 (44.6)

174 (52.1)

0.02

 1 drink or less per month

6 (1.4)

4 (1.9)

 

20 (5.0)

14 (4.2)

 

 1-2 drinks per week

17 (4.1)

9 (4.3)

 

29 (7.3)

22 (6.6)

 

 3-5 drinks per week

19 (4.6)

13 (6.2)

 

17 (4.3)

27 (8.1)

 

 Daily drinkers

252 (60.9)

101 (48.3)

 

151 (38.0)

94 (28.1)

 

 Unknown

9 (2.2)

7 (3.4)

 

3 (0.8)

3 (0.9)

 

Betel quid chewing

 Never

93 (22.5)

86 (41.2)

<0.0001

246 (61.9)

263 (78.7)

<0.0001

 Former

158 (38.1)

77 (36.8)

 

86 (21.7)

55 (16.5)

 

 Current

163 (39.4)

46 (22.0)

 

65 (16.4)

15 (4.5)

 

 Unknown

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

 

 Never

93 (22.5)

86 (41.2)

<0.0001

246 (61.9)

263 (78.7)

<0.0001

 0.1–9.9 pack-years

59 (14.3)

33 (15.8)

 

49 (12.3)

25 (7.5)

 

 10.0–19.9 pack-years

49 (11.8)

26 (12.4)

 

28 (7.1)

16 (4.8)

 

 20.0–29.9 pack-years

54 (13.0)

14 (6.7)

 

21 (5.3)

11 (3.3)

 

 30.0 or more pack-years

147 (35.5)

46 (22.0)

 

51 (12.9)

18 (5.4)

 

 Unknown

12 (2.9)

4 (1.9)

 

2 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

 

 Pack-years (SE)

30.5 (2.1)

19.5 (2.3)

0.0004

10.8 (1.3)

5.3 (1.0)

0.0007

Cigarette smoking

 Never

43 (10.4)

46 (22.0)

<0.0001

101 (25.4)

129 (38.6)

<0.0001

 Former

65 (15.7)

52 (24.9)

 

60 (15.1)

86 (25.8)

 

 Current

305 (73.7)

111 (53.1)

 

236 (59.5)

118 (35.3)

 

 Unknown

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

 

 Never

43 (10.4)

46 (22.0)

0.004

101 (25.4)

129 (38.6)

0.0004

 0.1–9.9 pack-years

18 (4.4)

9 (4.3)

 

29 (7.3)

32 (9.6)

 

 10.0–19.9 pack-years

39 (9.4)

19 (9.1)

 

48 (12.1)

41 (12.3)

 

 20.0–29.9 pack-years

72 (17.4)

37 (17.7)

 

54 (13.6)

36 (10.8)

 

 30.0 or more pack-years

234 (56.5)

98 (46.9)

 

162 (40.8)

94 (28.1)

 

 Unknown

8 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

 

3 (0.8)

2 (0.6)

 

 Pack-years (SE)

37.8 (1.3)

32.0 (2.1)

0.02

27.5 (1.4)

19.4 (1.4)

<0.0001

Vegetable intake

 Non-daily

95 (22.9)

18 (8.6)

<0.0001

44 (11.1)

15 (4.5)

0.001

 Daily

317 (76.6)

191 (91.4)

 

353 (88.9)

319 (95.5)

 

 Unknown

2 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Fruit intake

 Non-daily

328 (79.2)

106 (50.7)

<0.0001

229 (57.7)

105 (31.4)

<0.0001

 Daily

83 (20.1)

103 (49.3)

 

167 (42.1)

229 (68.6)

 

 Unknown

3 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

 

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)