Table 1.
The results of bivariate analysis for sociodemographic and medical factors associated with hr-HPV infection among women of reproductive age attending KIU-TH.
| Variable | Number n (%) (N = 216) |
High risk HPV status n (%) | cOR (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative (n = 180) | Positive(n = 36) | ||||
| Age | |||||
| 15–19 | 4(1.9) | 3(75.3) | 1(25.0) | 3.33(0.45–24.61) | 0.440 |
| 20–24 | 46(21.3) | 40(87.0) | 6(13.0) | 1.50(0.35–6.44) | 0.721 |
| 25–29 | 65(30.1) | 57(87.7) | 8(12.3) | 1.40(0.34–5.86) | 0.761 |
| 30–34 | 41(19.0) | 33(80.5) | 8(19.5) | 2.42(0.58–10.19) | 0.429 |
| 35–39 | 33(15.3) | 28(84.8) | 5(15.2) | 1.79(0.41–7.85) | 0.616 |
| 40–44 | 16(7.4) | 9(56.3) | 7(43.8) | 2.33(0.20-27.57) | 0.501 |
| 45–49 | 11(5.1) | 10(90.9) | 1(9.1) | Ref | |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 67(31.0) | 60(89.6) | 7(10.4) | Ref | |
| Rural | 149(69.0) | 120(80.5) | 29((19.5) | 2.071(1.16–36.87) | 0.105* |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 151(69.9) | 128(84.8) | 23(15.2) | Ref | |
| Single | 44(20.4) | 38(86.4) | 6(13.6) | 0.88(0.47–1.66) | 0.794 |
| Divorced | 14(6.5) | 8(57.1) | 6(42.9) | 4.17(1.97–8.84) | 0.015* |
| Widow | 7(3.2) | 6(85.7) | 1(14.3) | 0.93(0.23–3.82) | 0.946 |
| Education level | |||||
| Tertiary | 51(23.6) | 48(94.1) | 3(5.9) | Ref | |
| Secondary | 63(29.2) | 60(95.2) | 3(4.8) | 0.80(0.27–2.35) | 0.790 |
| Primary | 78(36.1) | 56((71.8) | 22(28.2) | 6.29(2.75–14.39) | 0.004* |
| No formal education | 24(11.1) | 16(66.7) | 8(33.3) | 8.00(3.12–20.55) | 0.005* |
| Formal employment | |||||
| Private sector | 34(15.7) | 30(88.2) | 4(11.8) | Ref | |
| Public sector | 4(1.9) | 4(100) | |||
| Business | 45(20.8) | 40(88.9) | 5(11.1) | 0.94(0.38–2.34) | 0.928 |
| Peasant | 109(50.5) | 84(77.1) | 25(22.9) | 2.23(1.06–4.69) | 0.165* |
| Student | 24(11.1) | 22(91.7) | 2(8.3) | 0.68(0.21–2.19) | 0.674 |
| Monthly income (Ugx) | |||||
| > 1,000,000 | 2(0.9) | 2(100) | |||
| 500,000–1,000,000 | 16(7.4) | 15(93.7) | 1(6.3) | Ref | |
| 200,000–499,999 | 26(12.0) | 22(84.6) | 4(15.4) | 2.73(0.61–12.17) | 0.390 |
| < 200,000 | 172(79.6) | 141(82) | 31(18) | 3.30(0.86–12.69) | 0.257 |
| HIV status | |||||
| Negative | 173(80.1) | 158(91.3) | 15(8.7) | Ref | |
| Positive | 43(19.9) | 22(51.2) | 21(48.8) | 10.06(4.53–22.35) | < 0.001* |
| Alcohol intake past year | |||||
| No | 168(77.8) | 148(88.1) | 20(11.9) | Ref | |
| Yes | 48(22.2) | 32(66.7) | 16(33.3) | 3.70(1.73–7.92) | < 0.001* |
*P ≤ 0.2; ugx = Uganda shillings; cOR: crude odds ratio