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Table 1 Characteristics of cervical cancers from the U.S. and Botswana

From: Invasive cervical cancers from women living in the United States or Botswana: differences in human papillomavirus type distribution

Study characteristics

Indiana, USA

Botswana

p-value

Number of cancers with sufficient epithelium

51

182

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β-globin positive (of cancer specimens)

50 (98.0%)

171 (94.0%)

p = 0.4721

HPV positive (of β-globin positive specimens)

46 (92%)

136 (79.5%)

p = 0.0422

  1. 1Fisher’s exact test, 2Chi-square test.