Table 3 Viral load, diagnosis and laminin‐5 expression.

	Mean total viral load (n)	Mean viral load
		HPV16 (n)	HPV58 (n)
Diagnosis
Negative	0.010 (10)	0.003 (5)	0.015 (5)
CIN3	1.617 (12)	1.835 (10)	0.013 (3)
SCC	22.090 (7)	19.209 (6)	<0.001 (1)
Laminin‐5 presence*
Absent	0.900 (19)	1.271 (13)	0.016 (7)
Present	15.706 (10)	14.638 (8)	<0.001 (2)
Total†	6.004 (29)	6.362 (21)	0.013 (9)

HPV, human papillomavirus; CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma.

*Laminin‐5 immunoreactivity in epithelium.

†Adenocarcinoma excluded.