Association of BMI status with the clinical characteristics of patients with LSCC
| Factors | BMI status (n=473) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low, n (%) | Medium, n (%) | High, n (%) | ||
| Age (years) | 0.972 | |||
| ≥60 | 41 (49.4) | 144 (48.6) | 47 (50.0) | |
| <60 | 42 (50.6) | 152 (51.4) | 47 (50.0) | |
| Gender | 0.320 | |||
| Male | 79 (95.2) | 284 (95.9) | 93 (98.9) | |
| Female | 4 (4.8) | 12 (4.1) | 1 (1.1) | |
| Smoking | 0.249 | |||
| Never | 4 (4.8) | 11 (3.7) | 1 (1.1) | |
| Former | 8 (9.6) | 34 (11.5) | 17 (18.0) | |
| Current | 71 (85.6) | 251 (84.8) | 76 (80.9) | |
| Alcohol | 0.056 | |||
| Never | 5 (6.0) | 14 (4.7) | 1 (1.1) | |
| Former | 48 (57.8) | 179 (60.5) | 71 (75.5) | |
| Current | 30 (36.2) | 103 (34.8) | 22 (23.4) | |
| T stage | 0.029 | |||
| T1 | 25 (30.1) | 125 (42.2) | 51 (54.2) | |
| T2 | 19 (22.9) | 75 (25.3) | 20 (21.3) | |
| T3 | 21 (25.3) | 49 (16.6) | 14 (14.9) | |
| T4a+T4b | 18 (21.7) | 47 (15.9) | 9 (9.6) | |
| N stage | <0.001 | |||
| N0 | 47 (56.6) | 234 (79.1) | 82 (87.2) | |
| N1 | 15 (18.1) | 27 (9.1) | 3 (3.2) | |
| N2a+N2b+N2c | 17 (20.5) | 32 (10.8) | 9 (9.6) | |
| N3 | 4 (4.8) | 3 (1.0) | 0 (0) | |
| Pathology grade | 0.177 | |||
| Well | 41 (49.4) | 159 (53.7) | 62 (66.0) | |
| Moderate | 33 (39.8) | 111 (37.5) | 24 (25.5) | |
| Poor | 9 (10.8) | 26 (8.8) | 8 (8.5) | |
| Tumor location | 0.042 | |||
| Supraglottis | 29 (34.9) | 74 (25.0) | 15 (15.9) | |
| Glottis | 53 (63.9) | 214 (72.3) | 78 (83.0) | |
| Subglottis | 1 (1.2) | 8 (2.7) | 1 (1.1) | |
| Total | 83 | 296 | 94 | |
BMI, body mass index; LSCC, laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.