Characteristics of alcoholic patients with upper aerodigestive tract cancer and alcoholic control subjects
| Group | n | Sex | Age (y) | Alcohol (g/day) | Smoker | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | >80 | 20–80 | <20 | Yes | No | |||
| Alcoholic cirrhosis | 39 | 23 | 16 | 61 (8) | 39 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
| Alcoholic pancreatitis | 38 | 33 | 5 | 56 (10) | 38 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Alcoholics without organ injury | 26 | 11 | 15 | 56 (9) | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| All alcoholic controls | 103 | 67 | 36 | 58 (9) | 103 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 8 |
| Larynx cancer | 41 | 37 | 4 | 58 (11) | 19 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| Oral cancer | 16 | 13 | 3 | 62 (12) | 6 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Hypopharynx cancer | 22 | 18 | 4 | 55 (8) | 11 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| Oropharynx cancer | 8 | 5 | 3 | 59 (10) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Oesophageal cancer | 20 | 16 | 4 | 61 (9) | 14 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| All cancers | 107 | 89 | 18 | 59 (11) | 53 | 54 | 0 | 99 | 8 |