Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the HPV and non-HPV populations.
| Non-HPV | HPV | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 1.0000 | ||
| Male | 944,840 (50.26%) | 472,420 (50.26%) | |
| Female | 934,908 (49.74%) | 467,454 (49.74%) | |
| Age | 1.0000 | ||
| <20 | 513,000 (27.29%) | 256,500 (27.29%) | |
| 20-40 | 669,372 (35.61%) | 334,686 (35.61%) | |
| 40-60 | 469,150 (24.96%) | 234,575 (24.96%) | |
| 60-80 | 191,510 (10.19%) | 95,755 (10.19%) | |
| >=80 | 36,716 (1.95%) | 18,358 (1.95%) | |
| Urbanization | <.0001 | ||
| Urban 1 | 542,433 (28.86%) | 319,694 (34.01%) | |
| 2 | 587,017 (31.23%) | 290,511 (30.91%) | |
| 3 | 340,505 (18.11%) | 162,859 (17.33%) | |
| 4 | 246,844 (13.13%) | 109,824 (11.68%) | |
| 5 | 36,687 (1.95%) | 13,197 (1.40%) | |
| 6 | 70,850 (3.77%) | 23,620 (2.51%) | |
| Rural 7 | 55,412 (2.95%) | 20,169 (2.15%) | |
| Geographic regions | <.0001 | ||
| Taipei metropolitan | 671,431 (35.72%) | 395,713 (42.10%) | |
| Northern | 279,894 (14.89%) | 124,964 (13.30%) | |
| Central | 347,664 (18.50%) | 180,479 (19.20%) | |
| Southern | 261,434 (13.91%) | 107,447 (11.43%) | |
| Kaohsiung and Pingtung | 276,130 (14.69%) | 115,919 (12.33%) | |
| Eastern | 43,195 (2.30%) | 15,352 (1.63%) | |
| Insurance Provider | <.0001 | ||
| Civil Servants’ Insurance | 111,753 (5.95%) | 79,002 (8.41%) | |
| Labor Union | 1,183,084 (62.94%) | 618,860 (65.84%) | |
| Farmers’, Fisherman’s Association and the water conservancy | 237,256 (12.62%) | 94,224 (10.03%) | |
| Low-income household’s insurance | 20,772 (1.11%) | 7,928 (0.84%) | |
| Township office | 294,431 (15.66%) | 122,182 (13.00%) | |
| Others | 32,452 (1.73%) | 17,678 (1.88%) | |
| Co-morbidity | |||
| Ischemic heart disease | 63,872 (3.40%) | 39,334 (4.19%) | <.0001 |
| Hypertension | 205,015 (10.91%) | 112,709 (11.99%) | <.0001 |
| Stroke | 40,087 (2.13%) | 20,246 (2.15%) | 0.2386 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 96,584 (5.14%) | 46,782 (4.98%) | <.0001 |
| Abnormal liver function | 91,126 (4.85%) | 45,661 (4.86%) | 0.7009 |
| Renal failure | 15,200 (0.81%) | 8,191 (0.87%) | <.0001 |
| GI bleeding | 10,826 (0.58%) | 5,723 (0.61%) | 0.0006 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 133,790 (7.12%) | 83,114 (8.84%) | <.0001 |
| Chronic kidney diseases | 25,740 (1.37%) | 14,747 (1.57%) | <.0001 |
| COPD | 32,326 (1.72%) | 18,607 (1.98%) | <.0001 |
| Peptic ulcer | 122,250 (6.50%) | 74,302 (7.91%) | <.0001 |
| Gout | 49,184 (2.62%) | 28,685 (3.05%) | <.0001 |