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Table 2 Socio-demographic factors and their association with breast cancer

From: Reproductive risk factors associated with breast cancer in women in Bangui: a case–control study

Factors associated

Cases (174)

N (%)

Controls (348)

N (%)

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

COR

95%, CI [L-U]

p-value

AOR

95%, CI [L-U]

p-value

Occupation

 Housewife

121 (69.5)

287 (82.5)

1.00 (Ref)

  

1.00 (Ref)

  

 Employer

53 (30.5)

61 (17.5)

0.31

[0.31–0.74]

0.001

0.32

[0.19–0.56]

0.000

Education level

 Illiterate

45 (25.9)

34 (9.8)34 (9.7)

2.93

[1.51–5.70]

0.001

11.23

[4.65–27.14]

0.000

 Elementary

57 (32.7)

144 (41.4)

1.87

[1.49–4.56]

0.02

2.40

[1.15–4.99]

0.01

 High School

49 (28.2)

119 (34.2)

0.91

[0.50–1.65]

0.76

1.76

[0.86–3.61]

0.12

 University

23 (13.2)

51 (14.7)

1.00 (Ref)

  

1.00 (Ref)

  

Residence

 Urban

149 (85.6)

336 (96.6)

0.21

[0.10–0.43]

0.000

0.16

[0.07–0.37]

0.000

 Rural

25 (14.4)

12 (3.4)

1.00 (Ref)

  

1.00 (Ref)

  

Marital status

 Married

42 (24.1)

32 (10.1)

2.84

[1.73–4.65]

0.000

2.09

[1.18–3.71]

0.012

 Single

132 (75.9)

313 (89.9)

1.00 (Ref)

  

1.00 (Ref)

  
  1. Legend: L lower, U upper, COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, Ref reference, CI confidence interval
  2. OR was calculated by using logistic regression​, p-value< 0.05 in italic