Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics
| Comparison | Control group Number (percentage) |
Control group Number (percentage) |
P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean ± standard deviation) | 43±10.01 | 40±10.26 | 0.396 | |
| Sex | Man | 19 (47.5) | 22 (55.0) | 0.655 |
| Woman | 21 (52.5) | 18 (45.0) | ||
| Marital status | Married | 36 (90.0) | 34 (85.0) | 0.737 |
| Single | 4 (10.0) | 6 (15.0) | ||
| Occupation | Unemployed | 20 (50.0) | 18 (45.0) | 0.344 |
| Laborer | 0 | 1 (2.5) | ||
| Office worker | 10 (25.0) | 13 (32.5) | ||
| Self-employed | 7 (17.5) | 8 (20) | ||
| Retired | 3 (7.5) | 0 | ||
| Education | Under diploma | 9 (22.5) | 9 (22.5) | 0.408 |
| Diploma | 23 (57.5) | 18 (45) | ||
| University education | 8 (20.0) | 13 (32.5) | ||
| Diagnosis | Leukemia | 24 (60.0) | 18 (45.0) | 0.478 |
| Lymphoma | 8 (20.0) | 6 (15.0) | ||
| Osteosarcoma | 2 (5.0) | 6 (15.0) | ||
| Other | 6 (15.0) | 10 (25.0) | ||
| Medical history (year) | 0-5 | 32 (80.0) | 37 (92.5) | 0.193 |
| 5-10 | 8 (20.0) | 3 (7.5) | ||
| History of bone marrow biopsy | None | 27 (67.5) | 32 (80.0) | 0.360 |
| Second time | 10 (25.0) | 7 (17.5) | ||
| Several times | 3 (7.5) | 1 (2.5) | ||
| Location of bone marrow biopsy | Iliac crest | 40 (100) | 40 (100) | 0.057 |