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Table 2 The number and percentage of patients/subjects with the studied observations of this study in control, NPC, CL, and HPC groups

From: The distinctive profile of risk factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in comparison with other head and neck cancer types

Variable

NPC N(%)

CL N(%)

HPC N(%)

Control N(%)

Histopathology of tumors:

    

SCC

12 (28.5)

57 (86.3)

14 (100)

-

LE

30 (71.4)

6 (9%)

0

-

adenocarcinoma

0

3 (4.5)

0

-

Regular smokers

36 (85.7)

47 (71.2)

4 (28.6)

25 (36.7)

Regular alcohol consumers

18 (42.8)

10 (15.1)

3 (21.4)

9 (13.3)

SCC in the regular alcohol consumers

9 (50)

-

-

-

SCC in the non-regular alcohol consumers

3 (12.5)

-

-

-

HNCA-positive family history

6 (14.3)

33 (50%)

9 (64.3)

-