Table 2.
Absolute frequencies of types of alteration and comparison among Brazilian regions
| Variables | Categories | Southeast | South | Northeast | Central-Western | North | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alteration | Normal | 12,278a | 1,0366a,b | 7,817b | 3,252a,b | 2,722b | <0.0001 |
| Changed | 2,018b | 2,020a,b | 1,819a | 616a,b | 769a | ||
| Autosomic | Numeric | 1,246 | 1,226 | 1,155 | 358 | 497 | |
| Structural | 309a | 277a,b | 228a,b | 90a,b | 85b | 0.003 | |
| Both | 68a,b | 57b | 72a,b | 26a,b | 42a | ||
| Sexual | Numeric | 297 | 329 | 246 | 93 | 101 | |
| Structural | 37 | 53 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 0.262 | |
| Both | 48 | 70 | 68 | 26 | 24 | ||
| Autosomic and Sexual | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0.147** | |
| Mosaicism | Mosaic | 158b | 201a | 175a | 68a | 66a,b | 0.059 |
| Unic | 1,860a | 1,819b | 1,644b | 548b | 703a,b |
P-value of Pearson Chi-Squared test, with Monte Carlo method;
K proportions.
Different letters (a, b) indicate statistically significant differences between variable categories.