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Table 1 General characteristics of the São Tomé and Príncipe population

From: Rubella in Sub-Saharan Africa and sensorineural hearing loss: a case control study

 

Total

(n = 303)

Control Gr

(171–56.4%)

Case Gr

(132–43.6%)

p-Value

Age range

   

0.359

 [2–14]

 [15–35]

147 (48.5%)

156 (51.5%)

79 (46.2%)

92 (53.8%)

68 (51.5%)

64 (48.5%)

Mean Age SD

17.31 ± 9.722

17.73 ± 9.729

16.77 ± 9.723

 

Gender

   

0.391

 Male

 Female

137 (45.2%)

166 (54.8%)

81 (47.4%)

90 (52.6%)

56 (42.4%)

76 (57.6%)

Resident District

   

0.061*

 Água Grande

 Mezochi

 Cantagalo

 Caué

 Lemba

 Lobata

 Príncipe

174 (57.4%)

47 (15.5%)

17 (5.6%)

23 (7.6%)

6 (2%)

19 (6.3%)

17 (5.6%)

110 (64.3%)

17 (9.9%)

8 (4.7%)

12 (7%)

3 (1.8%)

11 (6.4%)

10 (5.8%)

64 (48.5%)

30 (22.7%)

9 (6.8%)

11 (8.3%)

3 (2.3%)

8 (6.1%)

7 (5.3%)

Spoken Language

   

0.0001

 Yes

 No

 Undefined

242 (86.7%)

37 (13.3%)

24

161 (97.6%)

4 (2.4%)

6

81 (71.1%)

33 (28.9%)

18

Family History of HL

   

0.207

 Yes

 No

 Missing

52 (17.5%)

245 (82.5%)

6

33 (20%)

132 (80%)

6

19 (14.4%)

113 (85.6%)

Consanguinity

   

0.461

 Yes

 No

 Missing

7 (2.4%)

285 (97.6%)

11

3 (1.8%)

162 (98.2%)

6

3 (3.1%)

123 (96.9%)

5

Rubella IgG

   

0.085

 Positive

 Negative

 Borderline

202 (66.7%)

101 (33.3%)

12

107 (62.6%)

64 (37.4%)

95 (72%)

37 (28%)

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation
  2. *Chi-square Test by Monte Carlo Simulation; Bold: Total sample; Italic: p-Value; Italic bold: statistic significant p-Value