Table 2. Distribution of epidemiological and clinical characteristics in the cohort of women diagnosed with cervical cancer in Rio de Janeiro, according to the histological type.
| Characteristic | Stage I-IIA | Stage IIB-IIIA | Stage IIIB-IV | |||
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Total | 65 (23.3) | 214 (76.7) | 44 (15.8) | 234 (84.2) | 35 (10.9) | 286 (89.1) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| < 40 | 29 (46.0) | 87 (43.3) | 7 (15.9) | 51 (22.9) | 8 (15.1) | 91 (22.0) |
| ≥ 40 | 34 (54.0) | 114 (56.7) | 37 (84.1) | 172 (77.1) | 45 (84.9) | 323 (78.0) |
| Skin color | ||||||
| White | 24 (38.1) | 76 in (37.8) | 12 (27.3) | 77 (34.5) | 16 (30.2) | 121 (29.2) |
| Non-white | 39 (61.9) | 125 (62.2) | 32 (72.7) | 146 (65.5) | 37 (69.8) | 293 (70.8) |
| Education level | ||||||
| ≥ 12 years of education | 9 (14.3) | 15 (7.5) | 2 (4.5) | 6 (2.7) | 1 (1.9) | 6 (1.4) |
| 8 to 11 years of education | 37 (58.7) | 97 (48.3) | 21 (47.7) | 82 (36.8) | 24 (45.3) | 181 (43.7) |
| < 8 years of education | 17 (27.0) | 89 (44.3) | 21 (47.7) | 135 (60.5) | 28 (52.8) | 227 (54.8) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| With a partner | 29 (46.0)b | 124 (61.7)b | 25 (56.8) | 101 (45.3) | 22 (41.5) | 191 (46.1) |
| Without a partner | 34 (54.0)b | 77 (38.3)b | 19 (43.2) | 122 (54.7) | 31 (58.5) | 223 (53.9) |
| Menarche | ||||||
| ≥ 12 years old | 47 (81.0) | 145 (76.2) | 32 (76.2) | 168 (78.1) | 36 (72.0) | 268 (73.0) |
| <12 years old | 11 (19.0) | 44 (23.3) | 10 (23.8) | 47 (21.9) | 14 (28.0) | 99 (27.0) |
| Age of first sexual intercourse | ||||||
| ≥ 20 | 10 (18.2) | 28 (16.8) | 17 (27.7)b | 38 (19.6)b | 13 (27.7) | 60 (19.3) |
| 17 to 19 | 27 (49.1) | 61 (36.5) | 14 (38.3)b | 71 (36.6)b | 18 (38.3) | 124 (39.9) |
| ≥ 16 | 18 (32.7) | 78 (46.7) | 6 (34.0)b | 85 (43.8)b | 16 (34.0) | 127 (40.8) |
| Pregnancy history | ||||||
| No | 10 (16.1)b | 10 (5.1)b | 5 (11.4)b | 5 (2.3)b | 1 (1.9) | 9 (3.0) |
| Yes | 52 (83.9)b | 188 (94.9)b | 39 (88.6)b | 217 (97.7)b | 51 (98.1) | 383 (97.0) |
| Number of pregnancies | ||||||
| None | 10 (16.1)b | 10 (5.1)b | 5 (11.4)b | 5 (2.3)b | 1 (1.9) | 12 (3.1) |
| 1 | 17 (27.4)b | 22 (11.2)b | 10 (22.7)b | 22 (10)b | 6 (11.5) | 45 (11.5) |
| > 1 | 35 (56.5)b | 165 (83.8)b | 29 (65.9)b | 193 (87.7)b | 45 (86.5) | 335 (85.5) |
| Abortions | ||||||
| No | 31 (64.6) | 93 (54.4) | 22 (57.9) | 121 (61.1) | 32 (66.7) | 214 (61) |
| Yes | 17 (35.4) | 78 (45.6) | 16 (42.1) | 77 (38.9) | 16 (33.3) | 137 (39) |
| Number of abortions | ||||||
| None | 32 (64) | 94 (54.3) | 22 (57.9) | 123 (60.3) | 32 (66.7) | 218 (61.1) |
| 1 | 10 (20) | 51 (29.5) | 13 (34.2) | 50 (24.5) | 10 (20.8) | 79 (22.1) |
| > 1 | 8 (16) | 28 (16.2) | 3 (7.9) | 31 (15.2) | 6 (12.5) | 60 (16.8) |
| Number of childrena | ||||||
| None | 3 (1.7)b | 4 (8.0)b | 5 (2.4)b | 2 (5.3)b | 5 (1.4) | 1 (2.1) |
| 1 to 2 | 87 (49.7)b | 31 (62.0)b | 77 (37.2)b | 21 (55.3)b | 154 (42.9) | 25 (52.1) |
| > 2 | 85 (48.6)b | 15 (30.0)b | 125 (60,4)b | 15 (39.5)b | 200 (55.7) | 22 (45.8) |
| Comorbidities | ||||||
| No | 41 (65.1) | 119 (59.2) | 21 (47.7) | 112 (50.2) | 24 (45.3) | 50.5 |
| Yes | 19 (30.2) | 70 (34.8) | 19 (43.2) | 102 (45.7) | 25 (47.2) | 171 (41.3) |
| Smoking | ||||||
| Never smoked | 45 (71.4) | 122 (60.7) | 27 (61.4)b | 102 (45.7)b | 28 (53.8) | 211 (52.0) |
| Smoker or former smoker | 18 (28.6) | 79 (39.3) | 17 (38.6)b | 121 (54.3)b | 24 (46.2) | 195 (48.0) |
| Alcoholism | ||||||
| Never drank | 34 (54.8) | 93 (46.2) | 25 (58.1) | 206 (51.6) | 29 (55.8) | 164 (57.5) |
| Alcoholic or former alcoholic | 28 (45.2) | 107 (53.5) | 18 (41.9) | 193 (48.4) | 23 (44.2) | 121 (42.5) |
AC: Cervical adenocarcinoma; SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma
a Only in women who have been pregnant.
b p-value of Fisher’s chi-square or exact tests and statistically significant values (p < 0.05) in bold.