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Table 1 Distribution of HPV prevalence according to the lesion types and considered variables.

From: Prevalence of human papillomavirus in archival samples obtained from patients with cervical pre-malignant and malignant lesions from Northeast Brazil

 

CIN 3 (n = 102)

Cervical cancer (n = 88)

Variables

No. of Samples (%)

No. of samples with HPV (%)

No. of samples (%)

No. of samples with HPV (%)

Age at study entry

    

≤ 37

14 (13.7)

11 (78.6)

14 (15.9)

13 (92.9)

   38 - 47

49 (48.0)

41 (83.7)

40 (45.5)

37 (92.5)

   48 - 57

28 (27.5)

23 (82.1)

22 (25.0)

20 (90.9)

≥ 57

11 (10.8)

9 (81.8)

12 (13.6)

11 (91.7)

Ethnicity

    

White

45 (44.1)

37 (82.2)

31(35.2)

29 (93.5)

Non-white

57 (55.9)

47 (82.5)

57(64.8)

52 (91.2)

Marital status

    

Single

30 (29.4)

25 (83.3)

29 (33.0)

27 (93.1)

Married

61 (59.8)

50 (82.0)

52 (59.0)

48 (92.3)

Other

11 (10.8)

9(81.8)

7 (8.0)

6 (85.7)

Education

    

Less than elementary

56 (54.9)

46 (82.1)

49 (55.7)

45 (91.8)

Elementary

40 (39.2)

33 (82.5)

34 (38.6)

31 (91.2)

High school

6 (5.9)

5 (83.3)

5 (5.7)

5 (100.0)

More than one partner

    

Yes

70 (68.6)

58 (82.9)

58 (65.9)

54 (93.1)

No

32 (31.4)

26 (81.2)

30 (34.1)

27 (90.0)

Smoking

    

Yes

61 (59.8)

50 (82.0)

56 (63.6)

52 (92.9)

No

41 (40.2)

34 (82.9)

32 (36.4)

29 (90.6)

HPV Positive

 

84 (82.4)

 

81 (92.0)

HPV Negative

 

18 (17.6)

 

7 (8.0)

Total

102 (100)

 

88 (100)

 
  1. CIN - cervical intraepithelial neoplasia