Cutaneous Human Papillomavirus Infection and Development of Subsequent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin

Table 1

Demographic and baseline characteristics of 150 cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cases.

Variable	(%)
Age in years [Mean (std)]	64.4 (10.20)
Gender
Male	100 (66.7)
Female	50 (33.3)
Race
White	134 (100.0)
Other	0 (0)
Education
grade	23 (17.4)
>12th grade	109 (82.6)
Skin color
Fair white	59 (44.4)
Medium white	69 (51.9)
Light brown	5 (3.8)
Skin’s reaction to first time exposure in the sun
A blistering sunburn	21 (16.0)
A sunburn without blisters	58 (44.3)
A mild sunburn that becomes a tan	35 (26.7)
A tan with no sunburn	164 (10.7)
No change in skin color	3 (2.3)
History of blistering sunburn prior to index SCC diagnosis
No	29 (22.3)
Yes	101 (77.7)
Skin’s reaction to repeated exposure in the sun
Unable to tan	243 (17.6)
It can tan if you work at it	61 (46.6)
It tans easily	47 (35.9)
Job in sun for more than 3 months at any time in life prior to the index SCC diagnosis
No	70 (53.0)
Yes	62 (47.0)
Number of moles on the entire body
None	47 (35.3)
Less than 10 moles	62 (46.6)
10–25 moles	21 (15.8)
More than 25 moles	3 (2.3)
History of smoking
Never	40 (30.8)
Ever	90 (69.2)
History of SCC
No	8 (7.2)
Yes	103 (92.8)