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Table 2 Association between sex, knowledge of cardiovascular risk and cadre of respondents

From: Health workers’ knowledge on future vascular disease risk in women with pre-eclampsia in south western Nigeria

Cadre

Sex

Test statistic

Male (%)

Female (%)

Medical doctor

60 (68.2)

28 (31.8)

χ2 = 42.475; p = 0.001*

Nurse/midwives

1 (5.3)

18 (94.7)

 

Community health workers

8 (20.5)

31 (79.5)

 
 

Knowledge

 

Good

Poor

Medical doctor

69 (78.4)

19 (21.6)

χ2 = 8.951; df = 2; p = 0.011**

Nurse/midwives

11 (57.9)

8 (42.1)

 

Community health workers

21 (53.8)

18 (46.2)

 
  1. * Fisher exact test
  2. ** Pearson Chi-square