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Table 1 Age-related characteristics of the study population

From: Prevalence and risk factors for cancer of the uterine cervix among women living in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional study

 

Group 1 (n = 131)

Group 2 (n = 128)

Group 3 (n = 539)

Group 4 (n = 220)

Total (n = 1018)

HIV screening centres

HIV screening centres

Hospitals

Health centres

HIV-positive women

HIV-negative women

HIV status unknown

HIV status unknown

Age

     

 Mean (years) ± SD

38.8 ± 9.1

29.4 ± 7.9

45.2 ± 11.0

48.0 ± 14.8

43.0 ± 12.8

 Range (years)

20 – 59

17 - 51

20 – 76

20 – 82

17 - 82

  n with available data

131

128

537

216

1012

Age of menarche

     

 Mean (years) ± SD

15.0 ± 1.9

14.5 ± 1.5

14.2 ± 1.9

14.5 ± 2.0

14.3 ± 1.9

 Range (years)

11 – 20

12- 17

10 – 21

10 - 20

10 - 21

  n with available data

50

26

502

208

786

Age of first sexual intercourse

     

 Mean (years) ± SD

17.2 ± 2.5

18.0 ± 3.2

18.8 ± 3.9

19.1 ± 4.5

18.5 ± 3.9

 Range (years)

12 – 25

12 – 32

10 – 36

12 – 32

10 – 36

  n with available data

127

125

523

207

982

  1. n: number of participants with available data in each group; SD: standard deviation