Is There a Relationship between the Stratum Corneum Thickness and That of the Viable Parts of Tumour Cells in Basal Cell Carcinoma?

Table 1

Descriptive data of patients and BCCs.

Tumour type	Age [years]	Sex [M/F]	Number	Location [H/T/E]	Tumour size [mm]; Mean (SD)	Tumour thickness [mm]	Stratum corneum thickness [mm]
						Median (quartiles)
Superficial	69	7/7	14	2/9/3	17 ± 5	0.6 (0.4–0.7)	0.3 (0.2–0.4)
Nodular	76	17/7	24	12/10/2	18 ± 6	2.0 (1.6–3.7)	0.2 (0.2–0.3)
Aggressive	73	9/6	15	6/8/1	18 ± 4	2.2 (1.5–2.9)	0.3 (0.2–0.4)
All	73	33/20	53	20/27/6	18 ± 5	1.7 (0.8–3.0)	0.3 (0.2–0.4)

E: extremities; F: female; H: head/neck; M: male; SD: standard deviation; T: trunk.