Cancer and how the patients see it; prevalence and perception of risk factors: a cross-sectional survey from a tertiary care centre of Karachi, Pakistan

Table 1 Baseline Demographics of study participants

Baseline Demographics
Mean Age, in years	42.3 ± 15.07
	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Gender
Male	198	49.3
Female	204	50.7
Marital status
Married	310	77.1
Single	73	18.2
Divorced	3	0.7
Separated	3	0.7
Widowed	3	0.7
Ethnicity
Sindhi	94	23.4
Balochi	44	10.9
Pathan	33	8.2
Punjabi	40	10
Others	191	47.5
Socioeconomic status
Upper Class	3	0.7
Middle Class	47	11.7
Lower Class	91	22.6
Poor Class	111	27.6
Extremely Poor	91	22.6
Unemployed	59	14.7
Education level
Illiterate	190	47.3
Primary	100	24.9
Secondary	73	18.2
Graduate	36	9.0
Postgraduate	3	0.7
The patient knows about his/her cancer	336	83.6
Data collected from the patient	265	65.9
Data Collected from Attendant	136	33.8
	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Co-morbid
DM^a	22	5.5
HTN^b	56	13.9
IHD^c	13	3.2
COPD^d	7	1.7
TB^e	34	8.5
Hepatitis	19	4.7
Associated factors
Smoking	63	15.7
Smokeless Tobacco	132	32.8
Alcohol	2	0.5
Biomass Exposure	147	36.6
Duration of factors’ consumption
Duration of Smoking	15[10–30]
Duration of Smokeless Tobacco	12 [5–20]
Duration of Alcohol	17.5 ± 3.5
Industrial Exposure Among Patients
Industrial experience	66	16.4
Industry
Garments/ Textile Industry	56	93.3
Metal Industry	2	3.3
Others	2	3.3
Designation
Labour	46	78
Office work	3	5.1
Others	10	16.9

^aDiabetes Mellitus, ^bHypertension, ^cIschemic Heart Disease, ^dChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, ^eTuberculosis

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