Table 1 Characteristics of participants
==== Fiji (n = 1982) ==== | ==== Kashmir (n = 399) ==== | p-value b | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Estimate a | n | Estimate a | ||
Age in years: | 1955 | 35 (13) c 31 (25–41) c | 399 | 35 (14) c 35 (23–43) c | 0.30 |
Marital status: | 3.1 × 10−10 | ||||
Single | 415/1973 | 21% | 102/395 | 26% | (above) |
Previously married/divorced | 129/1973 | 6.5% | 4/395 | 1.0% | (above) |
Engaged | 23/1973 | 1.2% | 15/395 | 3.8% | (above) |
Married | 1333/1973 | 68% | 274/395 | 69% | (above) |
Highest level of Education | 1 × 10-∞ | ||||
No education | 24/1976 | 1.2% | 155/392 | 40% | (above) |
Low Primary school | 74/1976 | 3.7% | 15/392 | 3.8% | (above) |
High Primary school | 158/1976 | 8.0% | 43/392 | 11% | (above) |
Low Secondary school | 333/1976 | 17% | 66/392 | 17% | (above) |
High secondary school | 603/1976 | 31% | 65/392 | 17% | (above) |
Tertiary education | 784/1976 | 40% | 48/392 | 12% | (above) |
Smoker | 359/1982 | 18% | 68/394 | 17% | 0.69 |
Previously had breast cancer | 101/1979 | 5.1% | 2/395 | 0.51% | 0.000042 |
Family history of breast cancer | 270/1976 | 14% | 14/398 | 3.5% | 1.3 × 10− 8 |