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Table 1 Age distribution of study participants

From: Higher serum concentrations of vimentin and DAKP1 are associated with aggressive breast tumour phenotypes in Ghanaian women

Age (years)

Breast cancer participants (n)

Controls (n)

Total

Percentage (%)

p-value

 Young (<35)

 Old (≥35)

7

33

20

20

27

53

33.7

66.3

 

Mean age

46.3 ± 9.4

40.1 ± 14.4

  

0.006

Total

  

80

100

 

Occupation

 Traders

 Civil servants

 Unskilled labour

 Unemployed

 Others

Total

21

4

4

3

8

40

24

2

7

2

5

40

45

6

11

5

13

80

56.3

7.5

13.8

6.3

16.3

100

0.280

  1. n number. Mean age is presented as mean ± SD. Comparison between parameters were determined by chi-square, t-test. P-value <0.05 is considered significant