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Table 3 Association of patient characteristics with cervical cancer screening results. Significant p-values are italicized

From: Massive single visit cervical pre-cancer and cancer screening in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

 

All (n = 644)

Normal (n = 623)

CIN/SCC (n = 21)

Parameter Estimate / p-value

Age

n

Mean

SD

−0.012, 0.5198*

644

38.78

10.90

Marital Status

n

n (%)

n (%)

0.0079 **

 Not Married

143

133 (93.01)

10 (6.99)

 Married

501

490 (97.8)

11 (2.2)

Region of Residence

n

n (%)

n (%)

0.3284**

 Outside Goma

204

199 (97.55)

5 (2.45)

 Keshero and Himbi

166

158 (95.18)

8 (4.82)

 Mabanga and Virunga

164

161 (98.17)

3 (1.83)

 Birere

65

61 (93.85)

4 (6.15)

 Ville

44

43 (97.73)

1 (2.27)

Obstetrical History

n

n (%)

n (%)

0.7108**

> 1 pregnancy

582

562 (96.56)

20 (3.44)

 No prior pregnancies

61

60 (98.36)

1 (1.64)

Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding

n

n (%)

n (%)

< 0.0001 +

 No

388

387 (99.74)

1 (0.26)

 Yes

256

236 (92.19)

20 (7.81)

  1. Keshero, Himbi, Mabanga, Virunga, Birere, and Ville are all neighborhoods in the city of Goma
  2. SD = standard deviation
  3. Does not account for missing data on abnormal vaginal bleeding or patients’ region of residence
  4. * Logistic regression
  5. **Chi-squared test
  6. +Fisher exact test