Table 1.
Comparison of obesity and other demographic characteristics between women with and those without Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
| Variable | NO CIN (Controls) |
CIN (Cases) |
Test | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 94 | N = 94 | ||||
| Age | 38.77 (± 8.27) | 34.53 (± 7.79) | Ind. t test | < 0.001 | |
| Age group | 19–30 | 20 (21%) | 29 (31%) | Chi-square | 0.061 |
| 31–45 | 53 (56%) | 55 (59%) | |||
| > 46 | 21 (22%) | 10 (11%) | |||
| History of high BP | No | 71 (76%) | 74 (79%) | Chi-square | 0.6 |
| Yes | 23 (24%) | 20 (21%) | |||
| History of Diabetes | No | 80 (85%) | 82 (87%) | Chi-square | 0.67 |
| Yes | 14 (15%) | 12 (13%) | |||
| Marital status | Single | 14 (15%) | 21 (22%) | Chi-square | 0.43 |
| Married | 60 (65%) | 54 (57%) | |||
| Divorced | 19 (20%) | 19 (20%) | |||
| Highest level of education | Never studied | 13 (14%) | 4 (4%) | Fisher’s exact | 0.011 |
| Preprimary | 5 (5%) | 3 (3%) | |||
| Primary | 35 (38%) | 45 (48%) | |||
| Secondary | 34 (37%) | 25 (27%) | |||
| Tertiary | 5 (5%) | 9 (10%) | |||
| University | 1 (1%) | 8 (9%) | |||
| HIV status | Negative | 52 (55%) | 50 (53%) | Fisher’s exact | 0.77 |
| Positive | 41 (44%) | 44 (47%) | |||
| Unknown | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |||
| HIV Viral Load (copies/ml) | 40.84 (± 161.33) | 18.98 (± 85.10) | Ind. t test | 0.4 | |
| Body Mass Index | 28.00 (± ×/1.25) | 28.00 (± ×/1.47) | Ind. t test, logged | 1 | |
| CD4 count (cells/UL) | 555.75 (± 362.32) | 488.18 (± 366.428) | Ind. t test | 0.7 | |
| Smoking | No | 93 (99%) | 86 (92%) | Fisher’s exact | 0.035 |
| Yes | 1 (1%) | 7 (8%) | |||
| Contraceptive use | No | 55 (60%) | 37 (41%) | Chi-square | 0.01 |
| Yes | 37 (40%) | 54 (59%) | |||
| Age at sexual debut | 18.37 (± 3.04) | 19.26 (± 3.50) | Ind. t test | 0.065 | |
| Region of residence | Mbarara city | 92 (98%) | 91 (97%) | Fisher’s exact | 1 |
| Rest of western Uganda | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | |||
| Central Uganda | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | |||
| General obesity | Non obese | 58 (62%) | 70 (74%) | Chi-square | 0.060 |
| Obese | 36 (38%) | 24 (26%) | |||
| Central obesity | Non obese | 94 (100%) | 94 (100%) | Fisher’s exact | 1.00 |
| Obese | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |