Table 4: Study populations included in this meta-analysis of sun
sensitivity, sun burns and melanoma among populations of Spanish descent.
Author, Publication Year |
Place |
skin type |
skin color |
hair color |
eye color |
Sunburn |
Adjusted for: |
|
Rodenas,
1996 |
Spain, Andalusia |
Self-reported: I-II, III, IV-Va |
Unexposed: Fair, Dark |
Blond/Red, Brown, Black |
Blue/Green, Hazel, Brown/Black |
Blistering during childhood
and adulthood: yes/no. Total episodes of blistering:
0,1, 2+ |
Sun
Sensitivity: age, skin color, # hours of recreational
exposure, # hours of occupational exposure, nevus counts; Sunburns:
age, skin color and skin type. |
|
Espinosa Arrenz,
1999 |
Spain, Madrid |
Self-reported: I-II, III, IV-Vb |
Sun Sensitivity: crude (age &
sex matched) |
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Loria, 2001 |
Argentina (Buenos Aires City) |
Self-reported: I, II, III, IV |
Inner arm: Fair, Dark/olive |
Red, Blonde, Brown, Black |
Hazel/green/ grey/blue, Black/dark
brown |
Childhood, only in adult,
lifetime: Ever vs. never. |
Eye color,
skin color, skin type, # nevi on arms, sunburn in
childhood, holidays at the beach lifelong, sports sun exposure lifelong (age
& sex matched)d |
|
Ruiz Lascano,
2004 |
Argentina (Cordoba) |
- |
White, Medium, Dark |
Dark, Medium, Light-Pale |
Light-pale, Medium, Dark |
Childhood (age <18): 0, < 3,
> 3 |
European grandparents (not Italian
or Spanish), fair skin, severe sunburns before age 18, family history of
melanoma (age & sex matched) |
|
Fernandez, 2007 (2009) |
Spain, Madrid |
- |
Fair/Pale, Light Brown, Dark Brown |
Blond, Red, Light Brown, Dark
Brown, Black |
Blue/Grey, Green, Light Brown,
Brown, Dark Brown |
Childhood: Ever vs. never |
Sun sensitivity: crude; Sunburns:
MC1R variant, blond/red hair, fair/pale skin color,
lentigines (age & sex matched) |
|
Nagore,
2009 |
Spain, Valencia |
I-II, III-VI (no subjects at VI)c |
- |
Blond/Red, Black/Brown |
Black/Brown, Blue/Green |
Severe lifetime: 0, 1-5, 6-10,
>10 Defined as blisters or pain at least 2 days |
Sun
sensitivity: crude;
Sunburns: age, hair color, years of
occupational sun exposure, lifetime # of severe sunburns, pack-years of
cigarettes, # of multiple nevi, personal history of other cancers (age & sex matched) |
|
Ballester,
2012 |
Spain, Valencia |
Self-reported: Fair (I-II), Dark
(III-IV) |
Fair (I-II), Dark (III-IV) |
Black/Brown, Blond/Red |
Light, Dark |
Blisters: 0-1, 2-4, 5+ |
Sun
sensitivity: age; Sunburns:
crude |
|
Melanoma studies among
non-Hispanic Whites |
I, II, III, IV |
Unexposed: Fair, Medium, Dark
(Olive) |
Red, Blond, Brown, Black |
Blue/Grey, Green, Hazel (light
brown), Brown, Black |
Childhood, adolescence, adulthood,
lifetime: Ever vs. never; or Categories of # sunburns |
|
aBased
on propensity to burn and ability to tan.
bBased
on Always burn/ never tan, Always burn/
hardly tan, always tan/ sometimes burn, always tan/ never burn. Unclear
if self-report or a dermatological examination.
cUnclear if self-report or a dermatological examination.
dOnly
the sun sensitivity and childhood sunburns were adjusted, the lifetime sunburns
were crude estimates