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).