Table 4 Variation of patients socio-demographic characteristics with squamous and non-squamous cancers
Type of cancer | c2-value | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Squamous N (%) | Non-squamous N (%) | |||
Age group | ||||
Below fifty | 111 (68.1) | 52 (31.9) | 12.466 | 0.000 |
Fifty and above | 161 (51.3) | 157 (48.7) | ||
Presence of Schistosoma eggs | ||||
Yes | 96 (79.3) | 25 (20.7) | 33.014 | 0.000 |
No | 178 (49.4) | 182 (50.6) | ||
Muscle invasion | ||||
Yes | 24 (43.6) | 31 (56.4) | 4.500 | 0.034 |
No | 250 (58.7) | 176 (41.3) | ||
Tumour differentiation | ||||
Well-differentiated | 128 (90.8) | 13 (9.2) | < 0.001 | |
Moderately differentiated | 88 (88.0) | 12 (12.0) | 237.374 | |
Poorly differentiated | 20 (69.0) | 9 (31.0) | ||
No differentiation | 38 (18.0) | 173 (82.0) | ||