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. 2026 May 27;26:1391. doi: 10.1186/s12879-026-13658-z

Table 2.

Distribution of HPV among different categories of women living with HIV in Uganda

Variable HPV n (%) HPV16 n (%) HPV18/45 n (%) HR-HPV n (%)
Age Group (years)
15–19 4 (0.8%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (0.9%) 3 (0.8%)
20–24 38 (7.5%) 8 (7.6%) 5 (4.7%) 32 (8.0%)
25–29 99 (19.4%) 16 (15.1%) 22 (20.6%) 81 (20.3%)
30–34 113 (22.2%) 24 (22.6%) 19 (17.8%) 96 (24.1%)
35–39 97 (19.0%) 25 (23.6%) 24 (22.4%) 68 (17.0%)
40–44 88 (17.2%) 18 (17.0%) 26 (24.0%) 64 (16.0%)
45–49 48 (9.4%) 8 (7.6%) 7 (6.5%) 35 (8.8%)
50 and above 23 (4.5%) 6 (5.7%) 3 (2.8%) 20 (5.0%)
Duration on ART
< 0.9 months 13 (2.5%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (3.7%) 11 (2.8%)
1–4.9 years 189 (37.1%) 35 (33.0%) 40 (37.4%) 154 (38.6%)
≥ 5 years 308 (60.4%) 71 (67.0%) 63 (58.9%) 234 (58.7%)
BMI Category
< 18.5 31 (7.0%) 7 (7.6%) 9 (9.7%) 21 (6.1%)
18.5–24.9 212 (47.6%) 46 (50.0%) 44 (47.3%) 167 (48.1%)
25–29.9 136 (30.6%) 30 (32.6%) 28 (30.1%) 105 (30.3%)
>=30 66 (14.8%) 9 (9.8%) 12 (12.9%) 54 (15.6%)
ART Category
DTG-based 501 (98.2%) 103 (97.2%) 105 (98.1%) 392 (98.3%)
NON-DTG based 9 (1.8%) 3 (2.8%) 2 (1.9%) 7 (1.8%)