Cancer Patterns and Barriers to Care Among Socioeconomically Vulnerable Populations in Tripoli: A Descriptive Study from a Local NGO.

Diseases · 2026 · PMC13206300 · PMID 42187882

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approached significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

No significant association was found between sex and smoking status, though the trend approached significance, χ 2 = 3.43, p = 0.06, suggesting a potential trend toward higher smoking rates among female patients.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

1.7% of female patients, OR = 2.73, 95% CI: 0.85–8.76), though this did not reach statistical significance.

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