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Table 2 HIV seropositivity in relation to some selected participant characteristics (N = 74)

From: HIV serostatus and tumor differentiation among patients with cervical cancer at Bugando Medical Centre

Characteristic

HIV serostatus

Total

p-value

Positive

Negative

Age group

≤50 years

19 (50.0)

19 (50.0)

38 (100.0)

<0.001 (Pearson)*

>50 years

3 (8.3)

33 (91.7)

36 (100.0)

 

Sub-total

22 (29.7)

52 (70.3)

74 (100.0)

 

Clinical stage

Stage IB

5 (20.8)

19 (79.2)

24 (100.0)

 

Stage IIA

4 (26.7)

11 (73.3)

15 (100.0)

 

Stage IIB

4 (36.4)

7 (63.6)

11 (100.0)

 

Stage IIIA

3 (50.0)

3 (50.0)

6 (100.0)

 

Stage IIIB

4 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

10 (100.0)

 

Stage IVA

2 (25.0)

6 (75.0)

8 (100.0)

 

Total

22 (29.7)

52 (70.3)

74 (100.0)

 

Stage classification

Early stage (IA-IIA)

9 (23.1)

30 (76.6)

39 (100.0)

0.186 (Pearson)**

Advanced stage (IIB-IVB)

13 (37.1)

22 (62.9)

35 (100.0)

 

Total

22 (29.7)

52 (70.3)

74 (100.0)

 

Tumor cell differentiation

Well

12 (52.2)

11 (47.8)

23 (100.0)

0.006 (exact)***

Moderate

8 (25.8)

23 (74.4)

31 (100.0)

 

Poor

2 (11.1)

16 (88.9)

18 (100.0)

 

Total

22 (30.6)

50 (69.4)

72 (100.0)****

 
  1. Note: Number in brackets denotes percentages.
  2. *p-value comparing HIV seropositivity between participants aged ≤ 50 years versus those aged over.
  3. **p-value comparing HIV seropositivity between women with early versus late stage disease.
  4. ***p-value comparing participants with well differentiated and combined moderately and poorly differentiated tumor cells.
  5. ****Two patients had small cell carcinoma whose cellular differentiation could not be determined.