Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics within the five categories of platelet counts
| Â | Platelet count categories | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Low (1-149) N = 67 | Low normal (150-229) N = 361 | Mid normal (230-314) N = 379 | High normal (315-399) N = 169 | High (≥400) N = 75 | p-value |
Age-yrs. Mean (SD) | 60.0 (10.7) | 61.0 (10.8) | 58.4 (11.9) | 58.0 (10.8) | 58.2 (11.5) | 0.009 |
Male-no. (%) | 55 (82) | 302 (84) | 273 (72) | 117 (69) | 53 (71) | <0.0001 |
Race-no. (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
Caucasian | 48 (72) | 287 (79) | 293 (77) | 116 (69) | 42 (56) | Â |
African American | 18 (27) | 67 (19) | 83 (22) | 52 (31) | 33 (44) | Â |
Other | 1 (1.5) | 7 (2) | 3 (1) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | Â |
Smoker-no. (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
Never | 6 (9) | 63 (19) | 67 (19) | 18 (11) | 4 (6) | Â |
Former | 20 (32) | 125 (38) | 111 (32) | 40 (25) | 14 (20) | Â |
Current | 37 (59) | 145 (43) | 173 (50) | 102 (64) | 52 (74) | Â |
Alcohol - no. (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.02 |
Never | 17 (27) | 99 (30) | 108 (29) | 36 (23) | 7 (10) | Â |
Former | 13 (20) | 55 (17) | 54 (14) | 26 (17) | 9 (14) | Â |
Current | 34 (53) | 174 (53) | 177 (46) | 94 (60) | 50 (76) | Â |
Stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.034 |
I | 6 (11) | 42 (15) | 42 (14) | 8 (7) | 5 (8) | Â |
II | 9 (17) | 37 (13) | 35 (12) | 10 (8) | 4 (6) | Â |
III | 9 (17) | 60 (21) | 50 (17) | 18 (15) | 9 (14) | Â |
IV | 29 (55) | 147 (51) | 168 (57) | 87 (71) | 47 (72) | Â |
Grade | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.90 |
Undetermined | 20 (30) | 106 (29) | 103 (27) | 42 (25) | 16 (21) | Â |
I. Well Differentiated | 9 (13) | 43 (12) | 49 (13) | 18 (11) | 8 (11) | Â |
II. Moderately | 29 (43) | 152 (42) | 164 (43) | 80 (47) | 41 (55) | Â |
III. Poorly or undifferentiated | 9 (13) | 59 (17) | 63 (17) | 29 (17) | 10 (13) | Â |
Primary Site | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.09 |
Oral | 34 (51) | 171 (47) | 190 (50) | 100 (59) | 34 (45) | Â |
Pharynx | 13 (19) | 101 (28) | 107 (28) | 42 (25) | 18 (24) | Â |
Larynx | 20 (30) | 89 (25) | 82 (22) | 27 (16) | 23 (31) | Â |
Post-diagnosis NSAIDs and/or Anti-platelets | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.33 |
No no. (%) | 48 (72) | 259 (72) | 277 (73) | 133 (79) | 60 (80) | Â |
Yes no. (%) | 19 (28) | 102 (28) | 102 (27) | 36 (21) | 15 (20) | Â |