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Table 1 Characteristics of samples included in this study

From: Skin pigmentation polymorphisms associated with increased risk of melanoma in a case-control sample from southern Brazil

 

Global

n = 255 (%)

Cases

n = 120 (%)

Controls

n = 135 (%)

P

Sex

 Female

157 (61.6)

73 (60.8)

84 (62.2)

0.461

Agea

 ≄ 50 years old

180 (70.6)

78 (65)

102 (75.6)

 

 < 50 years old

75 (29.4)

42 (35)

33 (24.4)

0.012

Mean ages (SD)

57.01

56.31 (15.5)

58.28 (13.7)

 

Skin type

 I

9 (3.5)

7 (5.8)

2 (1.5)

 

 II

136 (53.3)

66 (55)

70 (51.8)

 

 III

100 (39.2)

42 (35)

58 (43)

 

 IV

7 (2.7)

4 (3.3)

3 (2.2)

 

 V

3 (1.2)

1 (0.8)

2 (1.5)

0.281

Hair color

 Blond

52 (20.4)

30 (25)

22 (16.3)

 

 Red

11 (4.3)

9 (7.5)

2 (1.5)

 

 Light Brown

82 (32.1)

39 (32.5)

43 (31.8)

 

 Dark Brown

89 (35)

32 (26.7)

57 (42.2)

 

 Black

21 (8.2)

10 (8.3)

11 (8.1)

0.017

Eyes color

 Blue

70 (28.1)

39 (33.3)

31 (23.5)

 

 Green

47 (18.9)

27 (23)

20 (15.1)

 

 Brown

131 (52.6)

51 (43.6)

80 (60.6)

 

 Black

1 (0.4)

0

1 (0.7)

0.074

Number of nevi

 ≄ 50

41 (16.5)

33 (28.2)

8 (6.1)

 

 < 50

207 (83.5)

84 (71.8)

123 (93.9)

0.000

Number of dysplasic nevi

 ≄ 5

17 (6.8)

15 (12.8)

2 (1.5)

 

 < 4

231 (93.1)

102 (87.1)

129 (98.5)

0.000

Ancestry profileb

 European

0.971

0.945

0.911

0.004

 African

0.010

0.022

0.039

0.008

 Native-American

0.013

0.032

0.048

0.388

  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation
  2. aSamples age at recruitment
  3. bAncestrality profiles obtained for Ancestral Informative Markers (AIMs) indels panel. Date presented as median of percentile ancestry component