Table 1

Social history comparing cases and controls

VariableCases (%)Controls (%)p Value
*Pearson χ2 test.
**Fisher's exact test.
Age (n=1481)
     15–1965/740 (8.8%)14/741 (1.9%)
     20–24246/740 (33.2%)140/741 (18.9%)
     25–29229/740 (30.9%)210/741 (28.3%)
     30–34119/740 (16.1%)162/741 (21.9%)<0.001*
     35–3946/740 (6.2%)109/741 (14.7%)
     >3935/740 (4.7%)106/741 (14.3%)
Country of birth (n=1445)
     Australia and NZ307/727 (42.2%)475/718 (66.2%)
     Polynesia and Melanesia10/727 (1.4%)7/718 (1.0%)
     Europe and UK70/727 (9.6%)114/718 (15.9%)
     N and SE Asia304/727 (41.8%)84/718 (11.7%)
     Central Asia2/727 (0.3%)4/718 (0.6%)<0.001*
     Middle East3/727 (0.4%)4/718 (0.6%)
     S America17/727 (2.3%)10/718 (1.4%)
     N America6/727 (0.8%)15/718 (2.1%)
     Africa8/727 (1.1%)5/718 (0.7%)
English spoken at home (n=1453)435/725 (60.0%)644/728 (88.5%)<0.001**
Cigarette smoker (n=1458)338/735 (46.0%)262/723 (36.2%)<0.001**
Alcohol consumption >140 g/week (n=1456)46/735 (6.3%)50/721 (6.9%)0.673**