Correlating food and nutritional patterns with cancers in the pediatric oncology population at two specialized hospitals in Tanzania

Table 1 Demographic information of children and their parents

Variable	Levels	n	%	χ² p-value
Hospital
	Bugando Medical Center (BMC)	60	45.8	0.3365
	Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH)	71	54.2
Age categories
	1-4 years or [1-4]	54	41.2	0.04406
	5–10 years or [5–10]	46	35.1
	11–17 years or [11–17]	31	23.7
Gender	Female	58	44.3	0.19
	Male	73	55.7
Place of birth
	Home	11	8.4	< 0.0001
	Hospital	120	91.6
Father’s occupation
	Agriculture	78	59.5	< 0.0001
	Business	18	13.7
	Professional	24	18.3
	Technician	6	4.6
	Unknown	5	3.8
Mother’s occupation
	Agriculture	60	45.8	< 0.0001
	Business	27	20.6
	Housewife	30	22.9
	Peasant	1	0.8
	Professional	9	6.9
	Technician	4	3.1
Father’s education level
	Primary	71	54.2	< 0.0001
	Secondary	20	15.3
	Post-Secondary	14	10.7
	None	26	19.8
Mother’s education level
	Primary	72	55.0	< 0.0001
	Secondary	26	19.8
	Post-Secondary	9	6.9
	None	24	18.3
Marital Status of Parents
	Married	99	75.6	< 0.0001
	Separated	8	6.1
	Single	21	16.0
	Widower	3	2.3

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