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. 2025 Sep 12;26(9):3281–3289. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2025.26.9.3281

Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics of PC Patients and Controls of the Study Group

Case (N= 125) Control (N= 250) p value
Mean weight (kg) 74.15 (SD= 14.0) 74.25 (SD= 13.2) 0.946
Mean height (cm) 121.93 (SD= 70.0) 130.81 (SD= 65.2) 0.226
Mean Age 71.53 (SD= 8.2) 72.56 (SD= 8.4) 0.279
N (%) N (%)
Age
50- 59 years 14 (11.2%) 17 (6.8%) 0.471
60- 69 years 35 (28.0%) 72 (28.8%)
70- 79 years 49 (39.2%) 97 (38.8%)
≥80 years 27 (21.6%) 64 (25.6%)
BMI
Normal weight 52 (41.6%) 99 (39.6%) 0.741
Overweight 52 (41.6%) 114 (45.6%)
Obesity 21 (16.8%) 37 (14.8%)
Hypertension
Yes 69 (55.2%) 79 (31.6%) <0.001
No 56 (44.8%) 171 (68.4%)
Diabetes
Yes 16 (12.8%) 36 (14.4%) 0.401
No 109 (87.2%) 214 (85.6%)
Ancestry
European 45 (36.0%) 36 (14.4%) 0.638
Mixed background 64 (51.2%) 136 (54.4%)
African 16 (12.8%) 78 (31.2%)
Family history of first degree relatives
Yes 41 (32.8%) 46 (18.4%) 0.002
No 84 (67.2%) 204 (81.6%)
Ever smoked
Yes 83 (66.4%) 103 (41.2%) <0.001
No 42 (33.6%) 147 (58.8%)
Alcohol consumption before diagnosis
Yes 100 (80.6%) 194 (77.9%) 0.32
No 24 (19.4%) 55 (22.1%)
Missing 1 1
Working in agriculture
Yes 73 (58.4%) 155 (62.0%) 0.287
No 52 (41.6%) 95 (38.0%)
Education level
Analphabetic 40 (32.0%) 63 (25.2%) 0.545
Basic 71 (56.8%) 156 (62.4%)
Middle 10 (8.0%) 20 (8.0%)
High 4 (3.2%) 11 (4.4%)
Income
Basic 5 (4.0%) 6 (2.4%) 0.366
Middle 94 (75.2%) 203 (81.2%)
High 26 (20.8%) 41 (16.4%)
Civil state
Living in a stable union 97 (77.6%) 179 (71.6%) 0.131
Not living in a stable union 28 (22.4%) 71 (28.4%)