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 | Â | Â | Â | 0.186 |
 Yes | 45 (38.5) | 55 (47.0) | 100 (42.7) |  |
 No | 72 (61.5) | 62 (53.0) | 134 (57.3) |  |
Diabetes | Â | Â | Â | 1.000 |
 Yes | 19 (16.2) | 19 (16.2) | 38 (16.2) |  |
 No | 98 (83.8) | 98 (83.8) | 196 (83.8) |  |
BPH | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 Yes | 16 (13.7) | 2 (1.7) | 18 (7.7) |  |
 No | 101 (86.3) | 115 (98.3) | 216 (92.3) |  |
Smoking history | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 Yes | 14 (12.0) | 34 (29.0) | 48 (20.5) |  |
 No | 103 (88.0 | 83 (71.0) | 186 (79.5) |  |
Alcohol | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | Â | Â | 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)] | Â | Â | Â | Â <0.001 |
 | 27 (65.9) | 14 (34.1) | 41 (100) |  |