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. 2021 Nov 8;116:e210203. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760210203

TABLE III. Clinical forms of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in Venezuela and its correlation with comorbidities and patient gender from 1954 to 2019.

	Female		Male		Total
	N = 144	%^a	N = 601	%^a	N = 745	%^a	p-value^b
Clinical forms
Acute/sub-acute	7	4.86	67	11.14	74	9.93	p-value^b	0.008
Chronic	137	95.13	534	88.85	671	90.06	0.008
Comorbidity
Carcinomas	0	0	4	0.66	671	90.06	0.008	4	0.53	0.478
HIV/AIDS	3	2.08	16	2.66	19	2.55	0.913
Histoplasmosis	0	0	4	0.66	4	0.53	0.478
Tuberculosis	0	0	1	0.16	1	0.13	1.000

a: proportion value based on calculations through contingency tables; b: p-value in a two-sample z test for the difference of proportions.