Table 3 The distribution of SM with respect to age, gender and study site
Parameter | UM | SM | Total | RR (95% CI) | p-value | χ2 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | <60 | 64 (61.5) | 40 (38.5) | 104 (42.7) | 2.2 (1.3–3.7) | 0.003 | 9.326 | 0.009 |
60–119 | 65 (82.3) | 14 (17.7) | 79 (33.1) | 1.00 |  | |||
120+ | 42 (71.2) | 17 (28.8) | 59 (24.2) | 1.6 (0.8–3.0) | 0.150 | |||
Total | 171 (70.7) | 71 (29.3) | 242 | Â | Â | |||
Gender | Male | 85 (68.6) | 39 (31.5) | 124 (51.5) | 1.2 (0.8–1.7) | 0.483 | 0.548 | 0.459 |
Female | 86 (72.9) | 32 (27.1) | 118 (48.5) | Â | Â | |||
Total | 171 (70.7) | 71 (29.3) | 242 | Â | Â | |||
Study sites | Bamenda | 33 (71.7) | 13 (28.3) | 46 (19.0) | 1.3 (0.7–2.4) | 0.523 | 5.540 | 0.236 |
Limbe | 67 (77.9) | 19 (22.1) | 86 (36.0) | 1.00 | Â | |||
Yaounde | 39 (62.9) | 23 (37.1) | 62 (25.6) | 1.7 (1.0–2.8) | 0.064 | |||
Maroua | 11 (57.9) | 8 (42.1) | 19 (7.9) | 1.9 (1.0–3.7) | 0.086 | |||
Ngaoundere | 21 (72.4) | 8 (27.6) | 29 (12.4) | 1.3 (0.6–2.5) | 0.614 | |||
Total | 171 (70.7) | 71 (29.3) | 242 | Â | Â | |||