TABLE 1.
Study population characteristics
| Characteristic | Value for group |
P valuea | P valueb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS (n = 27) | NS1 (n = 16) | NS2 (n = 11) | Controls (n = 71) | |||
| Sex, n (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Women | 1 (3.7) | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 34 (47.9) | ||
| Men | 26 (96.3) | 15 (93.7) | 11 (100) | 37 (52.1) | ||
| HIV seropositivityc, n (%) | 0.157 | 0.377 | ||||
| Negative | 20 (74.1) | 10 (62.5) | 10 (90.9) | 51 (82.3) | ||
| Positive | 7 (25.9) | 6 (37.5) | 1 (9.1) | 11 (17.7) | ||
| Mean age (±SD, p50: p25–p75) | 50.0 (±14.3, 51: 36–59) | 52.7 (±15.9, 55.5: 39.5–63.5) | 46.1 (±11.3, 49: 36–54) | 48.6 (±16.9, 47: 36–61) | 0.486 | 0.599 |
a
Comparisons of proportions among the three groups.
b
Comparison between patients with NS and controls.
c
9 missing