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Table 5 Relationship between the socio-economic status (SES)/duration of HAART and sexual maturation N = 104

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

Variables

Sexual maturation using pubic hair

Test Stat. p-value

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

SES

Upper

Middle

Lower

Total

0(0.0%)

2(14.3%)

12(85.7%)

14(100.0)

2(8.0%)

8(32.0%)

15(60.0%)

25(100.0%)

0(0.0%)

1(5.6%)

17(94.4%)

18(100.0%)

1(4.5%)

5(22.7%)

16(72.7%)

22(100.0%)

10(40.0%)

5(20.0%)

10(40.0%)

25(100.0%)

FT <0.001

Duration of HAART use

Median years (IQR)

7.00(3.50)

9.00(3.00)

9.00(11.00)

9.00(8.00)

10.00(8.00)

χ2  = 1.21 0.19*

 

Sexual maturation using testicular volume

 

SES

Upper

Middle

Lower

Total

0(0.0%)

2(100.0%)

0(0.0%)

2(100.0)

0(0.0%)

4(12.9%)

27(87.1%)

31(100.0%)

2(8.3%)

5(20.8%)

17(70.8%)

24(100.0%)

1(5.6%)

3(16.7%)

14(77.8%)

18(100.0%)

10(34.5%)

7(24.1%)

12(41.4%)

29(100.0%)

FT <0.001

Duration of HAART use

Median years (IQR)

6.00(0.00)

8.00(9.00)

9.50(6.25)

7.00(6.50)

11.00(5.50)

χ2  = 3.12 0.02*

  1. *Kruskal Wallis test, IQR, Interquartile range FT, Fisher’s exact test χ2, Chi-square test