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. 2014 Oct 6;9(10):e109452. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109452

Table 1. Demographic Characteristics and Other Risk Factors for Cases and Controls.

Variables Cases (% or SD) Controls (% or SD) P-value
Age ≥65 51(49.5%) 93(45.1%) 0.1
Han Ethnicity 63(61.2%) 124(60.2%) 1.0
Educational Attainment 1.0
Lower than middle school 74(71.9%) 157(79.2%)
Middle school and above 29(28.1%) 49(23.8%)
Residency 1.0
Rural 77(74.8%) 159(77.2%)
Suburban 26(25.2%) 47(22.8%)
Tobacco and Alcohol Use 0.7
Tobacco/alcohol/tobacco & alcohol 81(78.6%) 158(76.7%)
None 22(21.4%) 48(23.3%)
Condom use 0.01
Never use 69(67.0%) 115(55.8%)
Use sometimes 34(33.0%) 91(44.2%)
Years of purchasing sex 7.4±4.9 7.2±4.7 0.7
Aphrodisiac Use 45(43.7%) 45(21.8%) 0.03
Erection dysfunction 13(12.6%) 32(15.5%) 0.2
Having a stable partner 59(57.3%) 142(68.9%) 0.00
Frequency of purchasing commercial sexduring last month 0.7
< = 1 76(74.0%) 148(71.8%)
>1 27(26.0%) 58(28.2%)
Awareness of HIV/AIDS 61(59.2%) 136(66.0%) 0.4