Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics for participants

Median Age in years Median (IQR)

50 (42–54)

50 (42–61)

51.5 (47.5–57)

0.67^a

Country, n (%)

 Botswana

72 (73.5)

66 (80.5)

6 (37.5)

 < 0.001^b

 Kenya

26 (26.5)

16 (19.5)

10 (62.5)

HIV status, n (%)

n = 72

n = 66

n = 6

 HIV negative

31 (43.1)

27 (40.9)

4 (66.7)

 HIV positive

41 (56.9)

39 (59.1)

2 (33.3)

0.22^b

Cancer stage, n (%)**

n = 43

n = 39

n = 4

 Stage 1

6 (14.0)

6 (15.4)

0 (0.0)

0.69^b

 Stage 2

21 (48.8)

18(46.2)

3 (75.0)

 Stage 3

15 (34.9)

14 (35.9)

1 (25.0)

 Stage 4

1 (2.3)

1 (2.6)

0 (0.0)