Table 1

Demographic data

VariableGolf participants
n=336
Golf participants without skin cancer
n=245
Golf participants with skin cancer
n=91
General population
n=15 780
General population without skin cancer
n=14 607
General population with skin cancer
n=1173
Age (years)62.1 (11.9)60.6 (11.9)66.1 (9.4)50.6 (18.1)49.5 (17.9)64.7 (14.1)
Sex (n, %)M=229 (68.2)M=165 (67.4)M=64 (70.3)M=7308 (46.3)M=6697 (45.8)M=611 (52.1)
F=107 (31.8)F=80 (32.7)F=27 (29.7)F=8472 (53.7)F=7910 (54.2)F=562 (47.9)
Education status (n, %)
Did not complete high school70 (20.8)56 (22.9)14 (15.4)6047 (38.3)5572 (38.1)475 (40.5)
High school/diploma100 (29.8)75 (30.6)25 (27.5)5222 (33.1)4802 (32.9)420 (35.8)
University166 (49.4)114 (46.5)52 (57.1)4511 (28.6)4233 (29.0)278 (23.7)
Smoking (n, %)
Never smoked207 (61.6)154 (62.9)53 (58.2)8030 (50.9)7494 (51.3)536 (45.7)
Former/current smoker129 (38.4)91 (37.1)38 (41.8)7750 (49.1)7113 (48.7)637 (54.3)
BMI (kg/m2)26.6 (4.5)26.6 (4.0)26.6 (5.6)28.3 (6.00)28.3 (6.00)29.1 (5.9)
Moderate to vigorous physical activity (min/week)670.1 (653.6)596.9 (548.5)867.2 (848.7)285.0 (652.2)290.4 (657.7)217.3 (575.1)
  • Data presented as mean (SD) or n (%) where indicated.

  • BMI, body mass index.