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Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic profile of HIV-infected subjects and HIV-negative controls

From: Physical growth and sexual maturation of perinatally HIV-infected adolescent males in a southeast Nigerian tertiary hospital: a comparative cross-sectional study

Variables

Subjects

n (%)

Controls

n (%)

Test statistic

p-value

OR (95% CI)

Socio-economic status (SES)

-Upper SES (Classes 1 & 2)

-Middle SES (Class 3)

-Lower SES (Classes 4 & 5)

13 (12.5)

21 (20.2)

70 (67.3)

58 (55.8)

30 (28.8)

16 (15.4)

FT

< 0.001*

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3.1 (1.4–7.1)

19.5 (8.7–43.9)

Age distribution†

-Early adolescence (10–14 years)

-Late adolescence (15–19 years)

51 (49.0)

53 (51.0)

51 (49.0)

53 (51.0)

  

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Living with parents

-No (Orphans)

-Yes (Non-orphans)

64 (62.0)

40 (38.0)

24 (23.0)

80 (77.0)

  

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  1. FT, Fisher’s exact test HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus OR, Odds ratio CI, Confidence interval
  2. *Statistically significant †Mean age of subjects and controls = 14.38 ± 2.68 years