Table 1. Simple and relative frequencies of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients who underwent videolaparoscopic tubal ligation (n = 130).
Variables | Values |
---|---|
Age at tubal ligation | 33 (29-37)* |
Parity (number of living children) | 3.0 (2.0-4.0)* |
Marital status | |
Married | 47.7% (n = 62) |
Stable union | 34.6% (n = 45) |
Separated, widowed or single | 17.7% (n = 23) |
Schooling | |
Elementary school | 63.1% (n = 82) |
High school | 26.2% (n = 34) |
University | 10.0% (n = 13) |
Illiterate | 0.8% (n = 1) |
Family income | |
≤ 1 minimum wage | 32.3% (n = 42) |
2-3 minimum wages | 30.8% (n = 40) |
4-5 minimum wages | 27.0% (n = 35) |
> 5 minimum wages | 10.0% (n = 13) |
Smoking | 22.3% (n = 29) |
Hypertension | 19.2% (n = 25) |
Diabetes | 2.3% (n = 3) |
Cardiopathy | 6.2% (n = 8) |
Deep venous thrombosis | 4.6% (n = 6) |
Systemic lupus | 3.1% (n = 4) |
Value expressed as medians (25th to 75th percentiles).