Use of Chinese Medicine Reduces the Development of Cervical Cancer from Pap Smear-Diagnosed Cervical Dysplasia: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Demographic factors of cervical cancer patients and nonpatients who had ever been diagnosed as cervical dysplasia.

	CC patients		CC nonpatients		value
		%		%
Age, year					0.99
20–39	72	9.60	144	9.61
40–49	202	26.9	404	27.0
50–59	216	28.8	432	28.8
>59	260	34.7	518	34.6
Mean	56.2 (13.2)		56.0 (13.2)		0.53
Urbanization					0.07
Urban	424	56.5	906	60.5
Rural	326	43.5	592	39.5
Occupation					<0.0001
Homemaker	226	30.1	376	25.1
White collar	210	28.0	562	37.5
Blue collar	314	41.9	560	37.4

Chi-square test and -test. CC, cervical cancer.