Table 3.
Odds ratio for the association of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA and cervical cancer in the IARC multicentre case–control study: preliminary data23,32,33
| HPV DNA prevalence (%) | ||||
| No. studies | Controls | Cases | OR (95% CI) | |
| Squamous | 9 | 13.4 | 90.7 | 83.3 (54.9 to 105.3) |
| Adeno and mixed | 6 | 15.4 | 91.9 | 68.7 (36.2 to 130.5) |
CI, confidence interval; IARC, Agency for Research on Cancer OR, odds ratio.