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. 2017 Apr-Jun;16(2):74–80. doi: 10.4103/aam.aam_35_16

Table 5.

Influence of sociodemographic and reproductive profile on preinvasive cervical lesion

Variable Frequency (%) Test P

Preinvasive Nonpreinvasive
Age of respondents (years)
 <20 0 7 (100) Chi-square
Linear by linear association
2.96
0.085
 20-29 5 (3.8) 127 (96.2)
 30-39 10 (9.2) 99 (90.8)
 ≥40 0 2 (100)
 Total 15 (6) 235 (94.0)
Tribe
 Hausa 6 (4.9) 117 (95.1) Chi-square
Likelihood ratio
2.8
0.58
 Fulani 0 14 (100)
 Yoruba 2 (6.7) 28 (93.3)
 Igbo 1 (7.7) 12 (92.3)
 Others 6 (8.6) 64 (91.4)
 Total 15 (6) 235 (94)
Educational level
 Quranic 0 15 (100) Chi-square
Likelihood ratio
11.2
0.02
 Primary 2 (13.3) 13 (86.7)
 Secondary 7 (8.8) 73 (91.2)
 Tertiary 5 (3.6) 134 (96.4)
 None 1 (100) 0
 Total 15 (6) 235 (94)
Parity group
 <5 12 (5.4) 211 (94.6) Fisher exact 0.21
 ≥5 3 (11.1) 24 (88.9)
 Total 15 (6) 235 (94.0)
Gestational age
 <13 1 (3.3) 29 (96.7) Chi-square
Likelihood ratio
0.99
0.60
 13-26 8 (5.5) 137 (94.5)
 >26 6 (8.0) 69 (92)
 Total 15 (6) 235 (194)