The changing pattern of ano-rectal cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the eye, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma as non-AIDS-defining cancers, by HIV status, in Tanzania over 11 years (2002-2012): a retrospective case-report study

Table 2 Characteristics of NADC patients at Ocean Road Cancer Institute according to recorded status of HIV, 2002-2012

	HIV known (N = 298)	HIV missing (N = 682)
	N (%)^a	N(%)	P value^b	OR (95% CI)^c
Age (years)
Mean ± SD	37.8 ± 15.5	40.4 ± 22.0	0.0609	0.99 (0.99, 1.00)
Female	161 (54.0%)	308 (45.2%)	0.0114*	1.42 (1.08, 1.87)
Dar es Salaam residence	106 (35.6%)	243 (35.6%)	0.9856	1.0 (0.75, 1.33)
Advanced cancer stage (% of reported stage)	91 (85.9%)	140 (78.2%)	0.1145	1.69 (0.88, 3.24)
Cancer treatment
Radiotherapy	178 (61.2%)	284 (52.6%)	0.0178*	1.42 (1.06, 1.90)
Chemotherapy	156 (53.8%)	296 (54.7%)	0.7995	0.96 (0.72, 1.28)
Both	81 (27.9%)	137 (25.4%)	0.4243	1.14 (0.83, 1.57)
Co-morbidities
Mean ± SD (count)	1.02 ± 1.25	0.65 ± 1.02	<.0001*	1.34 (1.19, 1.51)
Tuberculosis	20 (6.7%)	6 (0.9%)	<.0001*	8.11 (3.22, 20.40)
Died	34 (11.9%)	54 (10.1%)	0.4138	1.21 (0.77, 1.91)

^aTotals vary due to missing data.
^bChi-squared tests/Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and t-test/Wilcoxon rank-sum tests for continuous variables, depending on the normality of the data.
^cOdds ratio (95% CI) calculated from unconditional logistic regression model.
*Significant at alpha < .05.

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