Salivary MicroRNAs for Early Detection of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study in the High Altitude Mestizo Ecuadorian Population

Table 1

Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with HNSCC.

Gender	n	Smokers; ()	Alcohol consumption; ()	HPV status ()	Tumor stage ()
				Positive	2	3	4
Female	56	3.9	6.7	9.1	31.2	22.7	12.7
Male	52	24.7	14.3	3.6	23.4	8.3	1.8
All cases	108	28.6	37.5	12.7	54.6	30.9	14.5

HPV, Human Papillomavirus.