Table 1.
Characteristics of study population: HIV infection status in women belonging to different age strata and in accordance to history of prostitution
| Variable | Number of women | HIV-positive women (n = 14), n (%) | HIV-negative women (n = 31), n (%) | P value |
| Mean age [SD] | 45 | 29.48 [± 3.63] | 28.85 [± 3.82] | 0.3088 |
| Age | 0.5616 | |||
| <24 | 6 | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | |
| 25–30 | 14 | 4 (28.5) | 10 (71.4) | |
| >30 | 25 | 7 (28.0) | 18 (72.0) | |
| Country of Origin | 0.0021 | |||
| Nigeria | 38 | 8 (21.0) | 30 (78.9) | |
| Other* | 7 | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.2) | |
| History of prostitution | 0.4283 | |||
| Yes | 25 | 9 (36.0) | 16 (64.0) | |
| No | 20 | 5 (25.0) | 15 (75.0) | |
| HPV status | 0.1732 | |||
| Positive | 19 | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.8) | |
| Negative | 26 | 6 (23.0) | 20 (76.9) | |
*Brazil (n = 1); Ethiopia (n = 1); Santo Domingo (n = 1); South Africa (n = 1); Ivory Coast (n = 1); Uruguay (n = 1).