Table 5.
Associations between HPV vaccine uptake and sociodemographic, medical history and habits.
| Variable | Results | p value | |||
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| Vaccinated | Non-vaccinated | ||||
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||
| Age∗ | 23.48 | 22.5 | 0.016t | ||
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| Major∗ | Medical specialty | 51 (23.3) | 168 (76.7) | 0.023c | |
| Non-medical specialty | 35 (14.9) | 200 (85.1) | |||
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| University∗ | Public | 10 (5.6) | 169 (94.4) | 0.00c | |
| Private | 76 (27.6) | 199 (72.4) | |||
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| Nationality | Lebanese | 84 (19.4) | 348 (80.6) | 0.227c | |
| Other1 | 2 (9.1) | 20 (90.9) | |||
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| Family status | Married | 46 (16.5) | 232 (83.5) | 0.242c | |
| Single/divorced | 32 (23.4) | 105 (76.6) | |||
| In a relationship/engaged | 8 (20.5) | 31 (79.5) | |||
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| Residence | Beirut | 17 (17.9) | 78 (82.1) | 0.298c | |
| Mount-Lebanon | 58 (20.9) | 219 (79.1) | |||
| Other2 | 11 (13.4) | 71 (86.6) | |||
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| Religion∗ | Christian | 64 (22.3) | 223 (77.7) | 0.033c | |
| Muslim/druze | 18 (12.1) | 131 (87.9) | |||
| Non-religious | 4 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) | |||
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| Maternal educational level∗ | Less than university degree | 26 (12.8) | 177 (87.2) | 0.002c | |
| University degree or higher | 60 (23.9) | 191 (76.1) | |||
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| Paternal educational level∗ | Less than university degree | 30 (11.3) | 236 (88.7) | 0.000c | |
| University degree or higher | 56 (29.8) | 132 (70.2) | |||
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| Individual monthly income∗ | Less than 5.000.000LBP | 67 (17) | 328 (83) | 0.043c | |
| More than 5.000.000LBP | 19 (32.2) | 40 (67.8) | |||
| Medical history | |||||
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| Cancer history | No | 86 (19.2) | 362 (80.8) | 0.233c | |
| Yes3 | 0 | 6 (100) | |||
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| Family history of cancer related to HPV4 | Yes | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 0.512c | |
| No history | 84 (18.8) | 363 (81.2) | |||
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| History of STD | At least once | 4 (15.4) | 22 (84.6) | 0.633c | |
| Never | 82 (19.2) | 346 (80.8) | |||
| Habits | |||||
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| Alcohol drinking∗ | No | 19 (11.4) | 148 (88.6) | 0.005c | |
| Frequently | 23 (26.1) | 65 (73.9) | |||
| Occasionally | 44 (22.1) | 155 (77.9) | |||
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| Smoking | Yes | 13 (13.5) | 83 (86.5) | 0.128c | |
| No | 73 (20.4) | 285 (79.6) | |||
c: Chi-square test; t: student's T-test; ∗: variables with significant difference; LBP: Lebanese pounds; STD: sexually transmitted diseases. 1: Syrian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Filipino, Brazilian. 2: Aakar, North, Baalbeck-Hermel, Beqaa, South, Nabatiyeh. 3: breast cancer, CML, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma (x2), kidney cancer. 4: cervical cancer, penile cancer, anal cancer, oropharyngeal cancer.