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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients by disease group

From: Antibodies against six human herpesviruses in relation to seven cancers in black South Africans: A case control study

 

Cancer group

  
 

Lip, oral cavity and pharynx

Cervix

Prostate

Hodgkin lymphoma

non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Multiple myeloma

Leukaemia

Other cancers1

Cardiovascular disease

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Males

64

(73)

0

(0)

66

(100)

46

(55)

45

(56)

52

(55)

92

(45)

45

(47)

45

(45)

Females

24

(27)

53

(100)

0

(0)

37

(45)

35

(44)

42

(45)

111

(55)

50

(53)

56

(55)

Age <35 yrs

6

(7)

15

(28)

0

(0)

33

(40)

22

(28)

5

(5)

57

(28)

23

(24)

17

(17)

Age 35–49 yrs

17

(19)

12

(23)

6

(9)

35

(43)

25

(31)

23

(24)

54

(27)

26

(27)

29

(29)

Age 50+ yrs

65

(74)

26

(49)

60

(91)

15

(18)

33

(41)

66

(70)

92

(45)

46

(48)

55

(55)

HIV +ve

3

(3)

5

(9)

1

(2)

9

(11)

18

(23)

4

(4)

8

(4)

6

(6)

11

(11)

Total

88

(100)

53

(100)

66

(100)

83

(100)

80

(100)

94

(100)

203

(100)

95

(100)

101

(100)

  1. 1Includes cancers of the digestive organs, respiratory organs, bone, skin, soft tissue, breast, female and male genital organs, bladder, brain, thyroid and of unspecified sites.