RT Journal Article
T1 Role of Age and Sex in the Diagnosis of Early-stage Malignant Melanoma: A Cross-Sectional study.
A1 Moreno-Ramírez, David
A1 Ojeda-Vila, Teresa
A1 Ríos-Martín, Juan J
A1 Nieto-García, Adoración
A1 Ferrándiz, Lara
K1 Malignant melanoma
K1 Prognostic predictors
K1 Thin melanoma
K1 Early-stage malignant melanoma
K1 Age
K1 Sex
K1 Estudios transversales
K1 Modelos logísticos
K1 Melanoma
AB Age and sex have been identified as predictors of outcome in malignant melanoma (MM). This aim of this multicentre, cross-sectional study was to analyse the role of age and sex as explanatory variables for the diagnosis of thin MM. A total of 2430 patients with MM were recruited. Cases of in situ-T1 MM were more frequent than T2-T4 MM (56.26% vs. 43.74%). Breslow thickness increased throughout decades of life (analysis of variance (ANOVA) p < 0.001), with a weak correlation between Breslow thickness and patient's age (r   = 0.202, p < 0.001). Breslow thickness was significantly less in women (1.79 vs. 2.38 mm, p = 0.0001). Binary logistic regression showed a significant (p < 0.001) odds ratio for age 0-29 years (1.18), and 30-59 years (1.16), and for women (1.09). Age and sex explained 3.64% of the variation observed in Tis-T1 frequency (R2 = 0.0364). Age and sex appear to explain a low percentage of the variation in the early detection of MM.
PB Society for the Publication of Acta Dermato-Venereologica
SN 0001-5555
YR 2015
FD 2015-11-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2152
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2152
LA en
NO Moreno-Ramírez D, Ojeda-Vila T, Ríos-Martín JJ, Nieto-García A, Ferrándiz L. Role of Age and Sex in the Diagnosis of Early-stage Malignant Melanoma: A Cross-Sectional study. Acta Derm. Venereol. 2015; 95(8):940-2
NO Journal Article;
DS RISalud
RD Apr 19, 2025