Research Article
Urologic Characteristics and Sexual Behaviors Associated with Prostate Cancer in an African-Caribbean Population in Barbados, West Indies
Table 2
Sexual behaviors among African-Barbadian men.
| | | Cases
() | Controls
() | value* |
| | Sexually transmitted infection, % | 25.4 | 26.7 | 0.54 | | First sexual intercourse age (years), | | | | | mean ± SD (median) | 17.3 ± 3.5 (17.0) | 17.8 ± 4.2 (17.0) | 0.01 | | | () | () | | | <16, % | 29.3 | 24.9 | | | 16–18, % | 41.0 | 41.3 | | | 19–21, % | 20.8 | 21.8 |
0.01 | | >21, % | 8.8 | 12.0 | | | Lifetime no. of sexual partners, | | | | | mean ± SD (median) | 12.0 ± 29.0 (6.0) | 10.5 ± 19.5 (6.0) | 0.28 | | | () | () | | | 0–3, % | 25.0 | 27.0 | | | 4–9, % | 40.7 | 41.8 | | | 10–20, % | 23.5 | 23.0 |
0.12 | | >20, % | 10.8 | 8.2 | |
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Chi-squaretest for categorical variables; -test for continuous variables.
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