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. 2008 Jun 26;3:9. doi: 10.1186/1750-9378-3-9

Table 2.

Key clinical characteristics of the patients related to their serological response to HPV16 antigens

Variables Anti-E and -L Anti-E4-E6 and E7 Anti L1 and -L2




+ - Sign. + - Sign. + - Sign.
HPV DNA (%):
 Positive 76 89.5 10.5 OR = 2.8 (0.8–9.9) 71.1 28.9 OR = 1.3 (0.4–3.7) 71.1 28.9 OR = 1.6 (0.6–4.6)
p = 0.136 p = 0.604 p = 0.350
 Negative 20 75.0 25.0 65.0 35.0 60.0 40.0
HR-HPV (%)
 Positive 66 87.9 12.1 OR = 1.4 (0.4–4.8) 68.2 31.8 OR = 0.8 (0.3–2.0) 69.7 30.3 OR = 1.1 (0.5–2.9)
p = 0.536 p = 0.608 p = 0.767
 Negative 30 83.3 16.7 73.3 26.7 66.7 33.3
LR-HPV (%):
 Positive 10 100 0.0 OR = NC 90.0 10.0 OR = 4.3 (0.5–30.0) 80.0 20.0 OR = 1.9 (0.4–9.7):
p = 0.348 p = 0.273 p = 0.720
 Negative 86 84.9 15.1 67.4 32.6 67.4 32.6
Previous:
HPV (%):
 Yes 19 94.7 5.3 OR = 2.8 (0.3–23.9); 89.5 10.5 OR = 4.8 (1.1–22.8) 73.7 26.3 OR = 0.9 (0.3–3.1);
p = 0.445 p = 0.046 p = 0.961
 No 66 86.4 13.6 63.6 36.4 74.2 25.8
HIV-Status (%):
 Negative 84 89.3 10.7 OR = 4.2(1.1–16.5) 71.4 28.6 OR = 1.8 (0.5–6.2) 72.6 27.4 OR = 3.7 (1.1–12.9)
p = 0.032 p = 0.355 p = 0.030
 Positive 12 66.7 33.3 58.3 41.7 41.7 58.3
 Smokers 9 66.6 33.3 55.6 44.4 33.3 66.7
Previous:
PAP (%):
 Never 10 90.0 10.0 p = 0.793 70.0 30.0 p = 0.111 80.0 20.0 p = 0.445
 Irregular 26 92.3 7.7 84.6 15.4 61.5 38.5
 Regular (1–3 yrs) 49 85.7 14.3 61.2 38.8 75.5 24.5
Referral
PAP (%):
 ASC-US 7 100 0.0 p = 0.431 85.7 14.3 p = 0.623 100 0.0 p = 0.094
 LSIL 48 91.7 8.3 64.6 35.4 75.0 25.0 p = 0.031*
 HSIL 16 81.3 18.7 68.8 31.2 56.3 43.7
Biopsy
Result (%):
 Normal 1 100 0.0 0.0 100 100 0.0
 HPV-NCIN 9 100 0.0 p = 0.262 66.7 33.3 p = 0.526 77.8 22.2 p = 0.564
 CIN1 11 90.9 9.1 54.5 45.5 63.6 36.4
 CIN2 14 92.9 7.1 71.4 28.6 85.7 14.3
 CIN3 15 93.3 6.7 73.3 16.7 73.3 26.7
 SCC 2 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0
Genital
Warts (%):
 Yes 20 95.0 5.0 OR = 3.3(0.4–27.7) 80.0 20.0 OR = 2.1 (0.6–7.0) 75.0 25.0 OR = 1.1 (0.4–3.7)
p = 0.437 p = 0.275 p = 0.801
 No 61 85.2 14.8 65.6 34.4 72.1 27.9
Colposcopy (%):
 Normal 2 100 0.0 100 0.0 0.0 100
 Low-grade 27 96.3 3.74 p = 0.177 63.0 37.0 p = 0.668 85.2 14.8 p = 0.015
 High-grade 28 77.8 22.2 72.2 27.8 61.1 28.9

NC, non-computable; 1Contraception used until past; 2Contraception in current use; *For linear trend; HPV-NCIN, HPV infection without CIN....