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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

From: High dose rate intra-cavitary brachytherapy with cobalt 60 source for locally advanced cervical cancer: the Zimbabwean experience

Characteristic

Frequency

n = 226 (%)

Age group in years

  ≤ 30

5 (2)

 31–50

111 (49)

 51–70

98 (43)

  > 70

12 (5)

 Median age

50 (Q1 = 42; Q3 = 60)

Parity

 0

2 (1)

 1–2

48 (21)

 3–4

82 (36)

 5 +

72 (32)

 Not recorded

22 (10)

HIV status

 Positive

88 (39)

 Negative

133 (59)

 Not recorded

5 (2)

Baseline CD4 count (HIV positive only)

N = 88

  < 200

15 (18)

  ≥ 200

69 (78)

 Not recorded

4

Performance status (KPS)

  < 70%

2 (1%)

 70–90%

94 (42%)

 Not recorded

130 (57)