Table 1.
General characteristics of the São Tomé and Príncipe population
| Total (n = 303) |
Control Gr (171–56.4%) |
Case Gr (132–43.6%) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age range | 0.359 | |||
| [2–14] [15–35] |
147 (48.5%)
156 (51.5%) |
79 (46.2%) 92 (53.8%) |
68 (51.5%) 64 (48.5%) |
|
| Mean Age SD | 17.31 ± 9.722 | 17.73 ± 9.729 | 16.77 ± 9.723 | |
| Gender | 0.391 | |||
| Male Female |
137 (45.2%)
166 (54.8%) |
81 (47.4%) 90 (52.6%) |
56 (42.4%) 76 (57.6%) |
|
| Resident District | 0.061* | |||
| Água Grande Mezochi Cantagalo Caué Lemba Lobata Príncipe |
174 (57.4%)
47 (15.5%) 17 (5.6%) 23 (7.6%) 6 (2%) 19 (6.3%) 17 (5.6%) |
110 (64.3%) 17 (9.9%) 8 (4.7%) 12 (7%) 3 (1.8%) 11 (6.4%) 10 (5.8%) |
64 (48.5%) 30 (22.7%) 9 (6.8%) 11 (8.3%) 3 (2.3%) 8 (6.1%) 7 (5.3%) |
|
| Spoken Language | 0.0001 | |||
| Yes No Undefined |
242 (86.7%)
37 (13.3%) 24 |
161 (97.6%) 4 (2.4%) 6 |
81 (71.1%) 33 (28.9%) 18 |
|
| Family History of HL | 0.207 | |||
| Yes No Missing |
52 (17.5%)
245 (82.5%) 6 |
33 (20%) 132 (80%) 6 |
19 (14.4%) 113 (85.6%) |
|
| Consanguinity | 0.461 | |||
| Yes No Missing |
7 (2.4%)
285 (97.6%) 11 |
3 (1.8%) 162 (98.2%) 6 |
3 (3.1%) 123 (96.9%) 5 |
|
| Rubella IgG | 0.085 | |||
| Positive Negative Borderline |
202 (66.7%)
101 (33.3%) 12 |
107 (62.6%) 64 (37.4%) |
95 (72%) 37 (28%) |
Abbreviations: SD standard deviation
*Chi-square Test by Monte Carlo Simulation; Bold: Total sample; Italic: p-Value; Italic bold: statistic significant p-Value