SUPPLEMENT Tables

Supplement Table 1

Supplement Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the responders (n=165)
Parameter / n (%)
Marital status
Married
Not married
Unknown / 108 (66)
52 (32)
5 (3)
Educational level
High school or less
Some college or more
Unknown / 138 (84)
25 (15)
2 (1)
Occupational group
Unemployed
Retiree
Employed
Unknown / 10 (6)
112 (68)
40 (24)
3 (2)
Origin
Former East Germany
Former West Germany
Former East Prussia
Unknown / 148 (90)
6 (4)
9 (6)
2 (1)

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Supplement Table 2

Supplement Table 2. Univariate analysis on predictors of different bivariate smoking or alcohol drinking constellations. Chi-square test for nominal data and Mann-Whitney for scaled data.
Predictor / Smokers / Non-Smokers
n=165 / Smokers / Former smokers
(without non-smokers)
n=120 / Smokers: FTND high (6-10) / FTND low-medium (0-5)
n=35** / Drinkers / Non-Drinkers
n=165 / AUDIT>8 / AUDIT<8/ non-drinkers
n=165 / Drinkers / Former drinkers
(without non-drinkers)
n=140 / Drinkers: Alcohol: AUDIT >8 / Drinkers AUDIT ≤8
n=103
p / p / p / p / p / p / p
Gender, n
Male
Female / 0.011
33/87
4/41 / 0.709
33/72
4/11 / 0.334
6/25
0/4 / 0.001
84/36
19/26 / 0.022
18/102
1/44 / 0.949
84/30
19/7 / 0.101
18/66
1/18
Marital status, n
Married
Not married / <0.0001
14/94
22/30 / <0.0001
14/62
22/20 / 0.231
1/12
5/16 / 0.051
72/36
27/25 / 0.140
10/98
9/43 / 0.038
72/20
27/17 / 0.029
10/62
9/18
Education, n
≤High school
>High school / 0.866
31/107
6/19 / 0.411
31/74
6/9 / 0.272
6/24
0/5 / 0.219
82/56
20/5 / 0.536
17/121
2/23 / 0.043
82/35
20/2 / 0.269
17/65
2/18
Profession, n
Employed
Unemployed/retiree / 0.953
9/31
28/94 / 0.864
28/64
9/19 / 0.692
1/7
5/22 / 0.342
74/48
29/12 / 0.861
5/35
14/108 / 0.960
28/10
74/27 / 0.966
5/23
14/60
Comorbidity, n
CCI=0
CCI≥1 / 0.125
24/99
13/29 / 0.412
20/60
13/23 / 0.474
3/19
3/10 / 0.066
82/41
21/21 / 0.077
11/112
8/34 / 0.036
82/23
21/14 / 0.009
11/71
8/13
Tumor location, n
Cavity of mouth
Not cavity of mouth / 0.028
14/29
23/102 / 0.030
14/16
23/67 / 0.143
4/10
2/19 / 0.706
27/13
76/49 / 0.053
8/32
11/114 / 0.822
27/9
76/28 / 0.081
8/19
11/65
UICC stage, n
Early (I-II)
Advanced (III-IV) / 0.506
14/57
21/66 / 0.457
14/38
21/42 / 0.628
3/11
3/17 / 0.666
45/26
51/36 / 0.741
7/64
10/77 / 0.706
45/16
51/21 / 0.604
7/3
10/41
Treatment, n
Unimodal
Multimodal / 0.858
15/54
22/74 / 0.965
15/34
22/49 / 0.143
4/10
2/19 / 0.780
46/23
57/39 / 0.640
7/62
12/84 / 0.314
46/13
57/24 / 0.448
12/45
7/39
Recurrent tumor, n
Yes
No / 0.376
2/13
35/115 / 0.561
2/7
35/76 / 0.508
0/2
6/27 / 0.157
12/3
91/59 / 0.537
1/14
18/132 / 0.277
91/35
12/2 / 0.337
1/11
18/73
Smoking, n
Yes
No / NA / NA / NA / 0.378
25/12
78/50 / <0.0001
12/26
7/121 / 0.740
25/10
78/27 / <0.0001
12/13/
7/71
Drinking, n
Yes
No / 0.378
25/78
11/49 / 0.611
25/53
11/29 / 0.912 / NA / NA / NA / NA
Smoking behavior directly after cancer diagnosis*, n
unchanged
changed / NA / NA / 0.246
5/16
1/10 / 0.127
16/5
6/5 / 0.506
8/13
3/8 / 0.068
16/5
6/4 / 0.157
8/8
3/3
Information of physician about smoking risks, n
Yes
No / NA / 0.118
8/9
29/74 / 0.502
1/6
5/23 / 0.593
9/8
69/34 / 0.602
2/15
17/86 / 0.599
9/5
69/27 / 0.874
2/7
17/52/
Alcohol consumption directly after cancer diagnosis*, n
unchanged
changed / 0.762
11/50
11/37 / 0.949
17/36
11/24 / 0.970
3/13
2/9 / NA / NA / NA / 0.733
13/54
6/30
Physician advice about alcohol risks, n
Yes
No / 0.614
4/9
31/96 / 0.733
4/7
31/687 / 0.681
1/3
5/25 / NA / NA / 0.302
8/5
95/32 / 0.619
2/6
17/78
Age at diagnosis, years (mean±SD) / 0.004
54±11/
60±11 / 0.068
54±11
59±10 / 0.815
54±6
54±12 / 0.393
58±12
60±10 / 0.012
53±11
60±11 / 0.417
58±11
57±8 / 0.028
53±11
60±12
Age at assessment, years (mean±SD) / 0.002
60±11
67±11 / 0.028
60±11
66±10 / 0.717
59±5
60±12 / 0.337
65±12
67±10 / 0.011
59±11
66±11 / 0.437
65± 12
64± 9 / 0.021
59±11
66±12
Interval diagnosis to assessment, months (mean±SD) / 0.470
56±30
60±32 / 0.301
56±30
62±32 / 0.379
45±24
58±29 / 0.382
58±33
61±30 / 0.377
53±28
60±32 / 0.530
58± 33
61± 30 / 0.494
53±29
59±34

*no change= not ceased, not temporarily ceased, not reduced; **FTND unknown for 2 patients

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