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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the study cohort

From: History of blood transfusion before 1990 is associated with increased risk for cancer mortality independently of liver disease: a prospective long-term follow-up study

 

History of transfusion

Yes (n = 972)

No (n = 9,479)

Age

 Mean (SD), years

56.7 (9.5)

58.1 (9.3)

 

n (%)

n (%)

Area

 A

221 (22.7)

1,826 (19.3)

 B

247 (25.4)

1,834 (19.3)

 C

202 (20.8)

2,827 (29.8)

 D

302 (31.1)

2,992 (31.6)

Number

 Men

352 (36.2)

4,049 (42.7)

 Women

620 (63.8)

5,430 (57.3)

Smoking status

 Never

555 (57.1)

5,433 (57.3)

 Smoker

183 (18.8)

2,086 (22.0)

 Ex-smoker

103 (10.6)

726 (7.7)

 Unknown

131 (13.5)

1,234 (13.0)

Alcohol intake

 Never

433 (44.5)

4,246 (44.8)

 Drinker

396 (40.7)

4,278 (45.1)

 Ex-drinker

64 (6.6)

287 (3.0)

 Unknown

79 (8.1)

667 (7.0)

History of external injury

 Yes

399 (41.0)

1,673 (17.7)

 No

495 (50.9)

7,497 (79.1)

 Unknown

78 (8.0)

308 (3.2)

History of abdominal surgery

 Yes

716 (73.7)

2,805 (29.6)

 No

229 (23.6)

6,588 (69.5)

 Unknown

27 (2.8)

85 (0.9)

History of liver disease

 Yes

80 (8.2)

272 (2.9)

 No

821 (84.5)

8,777 (92.6)

 Unknown

71 (7.3)

429 (4.5)

History of pregnancya

 Yes

565 (98.8)

5,055 (99.3)

 No

7 (1.2)

37 (0.7)

  1. People with history of cancer before participation in the cohort were excluded from this analysis
  2. SD standard derivation
  3. aFemales only