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Table 1 Socio-demographic and pathologic characteristics

From: A comparison of clinicopathologic features of prostate cancer between Nigerian and South African black men

Variables

Country

Total N = 234 (%)

P values

Nigeria

South Africa

n = 117 (%)

n = 117 (%)

Age (years)

67.0 (61.50–73.77)¥

66.0 (60.81–72.40)¥

  

Marital status

   

 < 0.001

 Married

117 (100.0)

76 (65.0)

193 (82.5)

 

 Single

0 (0.0)

27 (23.0)

27 (11.5)

 

 Others#

0 (0.0)

14 (12.0)

14 (6.0)

 

Occupation*

   

 < 0.001

 Non-office/environmental contact

32 (27.3)

21 (18.3)

53 (22.8)

 

 Office/administrative/white collar

35 (30.0)

10 (8.7)

45 (19.4)

 

 Retired and unemployed

50 (42.7)

84 (73.0)

134 (57.8)

 

Urban/rural

   

 < 0.001

 Rural

61 (52.1)

26 (22.2)

87 (37.2)

 

 Urban

56 (47.9)

91 (77.8)

147 (62.8)

 

Hypertension

   

0.186

 Yes

45 (38.5)

55 (47.0)

100 (42.7)

 

 No

72 (61.5)

62 (53.0)

134 (57.3)

 

Diabetes

   

1.000

 Yes

19 (16.2)

19 (16.2)

38 (16.2)

 

 No

98 (83.8)

98 (83.8)

196 (83.8)

 

BPH

   

0.001

 Yes

16 (13.7)

2 (1.7)

18 (7.7)

 

 No

101 (86.3)

115 (98.3)

216 (92.3)

 

Smoking history

   

0.001

 Yes

14 (12.0)

34 (29.0)

48 (20.5)

 

 No

103 (88.0

83 (71.0)

186 (79.5)

 

Alcohol

   

0.549

 Yes

28 (24.0)

32 (27.4)

60 (25.6)

 

 No

89 (76.0)

85 (72.6)

174 (74.4)

 

 PSA (ng/ml)

52.8 (18.65–298.15) ¥

47.8 (11.36–492.40) ¥

  

Histopathology variant

   

0.156

 Adenocarcinoma

117 (100.0)

115 (98.3)

232 (99.1)

 

 Squamous cell carcinoma

0 (0.0)

2 (1.7)

2 (0.9)

 

Gleason score

   

0.002

 2–6

12 (10.3)

25 (21.4)

37 (15.8)

 

 7

19 (16.2)

17 (14.5)

36 (15.4)

 

 8–10

86 (73.5)

75 (64.1)

161 (68.8)

 

T-staging

   

 < 0.001

 Tx, T1–T2a

15 (12.8)

44 (37.6)

59 (25.2)

 

 T2b

0 (0.0)

5 (4.3)

5 (2.1)

 

 T2c–T4

102 (87.2)

68 (58.1)

170 (72.7)

 

M-staging [distant metastases only (M1b-c)]

   

 <0.001

 

27 (65.9)

14 (34.1)

41 (100)

 
  1. ¥Median (interquartile range)
  2. *No job records for two South Africans
  3. #Widowed or divorced