Fitzpatrick skin type and skin cancer
With regard to Fitzpatrick skin type and number of skin cancers (P =
0.013), the majority of skin cancers (groups combined) were seen in the
Fitzpatrick skin type 4 (59.1%), this was followed by Type 3 (19.9%)
and Type 5 (15.8%) (Table 5). We did not have any participants with a
Fitzpatrick Type 1 or 6 skin types. Surfers and swimmers presented with
predominantly skin type 4 (57.8% vs 61.8%, respectively) and this was
followed by skin type 3 (21.6% and skin type 5 (13.4%) in surfers and
skin type 5 (20.0%) and skin type 3 (16.4%) in swimmers (Table 5).