Table I.
Demographic and selected variables in cervical cancer patients and controls.
| Variables | Cases (n=250) n (%) |
Controls (n=147) n (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years; mean ± SD) | 49.08±9.405 | 47.99±10.750 | 0.639 |
| Parity | 0.023 | ||
| 0–1 | 34 (13.6) | 30 (20.0) | |
| 2 | 96 (38.4) | 62 (42.3) | |
| >2 | 120 (48.0) | 55 (37.7) | |
| Family history of cancer | 0.009 | ||
| No | 212 (84.8) | 137 (93.2) | |
| Yes | 38 (15.2) | 10 (6.8) | |
| Histological type | |||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 234 (93.6) | ||
| Adenocarcinoma | 6 (2.4) | ||
| Adenosquamous | 2 (0.8) | ||
| Others | 8 (3.2) | ||
| Stage | |||
| I | 23 (9.2) | ||
| II | 139 (55.6) | ||
| III | 72 (28.8) | ||
| Unknown | 16 (6.4) | ||
| Contact bleeding | |||
| No | 166 (66.4) | ||
| Yes | 84 (33.6) | ||
| Lymphatic metastasis | |||
| No | 201 (80.4) | ||
| Yes | 49 (19.6) |
SD, standard deviation.