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Table 5 Characteristics of the 415 subjects participating in the case-control study

From: Common variants at the 9q22.33, 14q13.3 and ATM loci, and risk of differentiated thyroid cancer in the Cuban population

Characteristics

Controls (n = 212) (%)

Cases (n = 203) (%)

Gender

  

Male

39 (18.4)

24 (11.8)

Female

173 (81.6)

179 (88.2)

Age at diagnosis (years)

  

<25

24 (11.3)

23 (11.3)

25–34

47 (22.2)

40 (19.7)

35–44

87 (41.0)

87 (42.9)

45–54

49 (23.1)

46 (22.7)

55+

5 (2.4)

7 (3.4)

Histology

  

Papillary thyroid carcinoma

N/A

162 (89.5)

Follicular thyroid carcinoma

N/A

19 (10.5)

Missing

N/A

22

Ethnicity

  

European

38 (17.9)

57 (28.1)

Mixed

99 (46.7)

97 (47.8)

African

75 (35.4)

49 (24.1)

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

  

> Median in genotyped controls

105 (49.5)

79 (38.9)

≤ Median in genotyped controls

107 (50.5)

124 (61.1)

Body surface area (m2)

  

> Median in genotyped controls

105 (49.5)

85 (41.9)

≤ Median in genotyped controls

107 (50.5)

118 (58.1)

Smoker

  

Never smoker

125 (59.0)

144 (70.9)

Current or former smoker

87 (41.0)

59 (29.1)

  1. N/A: not applicable.