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. 2012 Mar 28;148(4):512–524. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22066

TABLE 4.

Differences in diagnosed scurvy frequencies between adult males and females by age group and chi-square test values (df = 1)

Males Females


Age group No./Total % No./Total % χ2 P-value
18–25 years 8/18 44.44 3/17 17.65 2.913 0.088
26–35 years 26/45 57.78 25/73 34.25 6.281 0.012
36–45 years 43/94 45.74 25/74 33.78 2.459 0.117
≥46 years 28/44 63.64 4/20 20.00 10.473 0.001
>18 years 2/9 22.22 1/12 8.33 0.810 0.368
All 107/210 50.94 58/196 29.59 19.175 < 0.001