Characteristics New cases
New case
Retreatment cases
Retreatment case
p-value
N % N %  
Sex          
Male 296 51% 90 61% 0.1543
Female 289 49% 57 39%  
Age          
15-35 290 50% 84 57% 0.039371
>35 260 44% 63 43%  
Unknown 35 6% 0 0%  
HIV status          
Positive 212 36% 76 52% 0.010889
Negative 342 59% 71 48%  
Unknown 31 5% 0 0%  
Smear status          
Positive 169 29% 52 36% 0.001536
Negative 342 59% 95 64%  
Unknown 74 12% 0 0%  
Table 1: Distribution of patient characteristics by treatment category (n=732).