Table 1.

Comparison of demographic, lifestyle and sexual practice variables in HPV-negative and HPV-positive women.

	HPV-negative n = 29	Low risk HPV-positive n = 39	High-risk HPV-positive n = 158
Pregnancy:*
Pregnant	44.8 (13)	51.3 (20)	65.8 (104)
Non-pregnant	55.2 (16)	48.7 (19)	3402 (54)
Gravidity:
0	13.8 (4)	10.3 (4)	5.7 (9)
1–2	48.3 (14)	43.6 (17)	50.0 (79)
3 or more	37.9 (11)	46.3 (18)	44.3 (70)
Parity:
0	34.5 (10)	35.9 (14)	34.0 (52)
1–2	34.5 (10)	46.2 (18)	51.0 (78)
3 or more	31.0 (9)	17.9 (7)	15.0 (23)
Age at first sexual intercourse:†
<16 years	36.0 (9)	16.7 (6)	25.2 (35)
16 – 19	18.0 (12)	61.1 (22)	66.9 993)
20 years older:	16.0 (4)	22.2 (8)	7.9 (11)
Cytology diagnosis:
Normal	91.3 (21)	96.9 (31)	93.6 (131)
Dysplasia	8.7 (2)	3.1 (1)	6.4 (9)
Bacterial vaginosis	13.0 (3)	3.1 (1)	14.3 (20)
Reported sexually transmitted infections
Yes	86.2 (25)	76.9 (30)	79.2 (122)
No	13.8 (4)	23.1 (90	20.8 (32)
Age groups:
<25 years	27.6 (8)	28.6 (10)	28.8 (44)
25 – 34	41.4 (12)	42.9 (15)	41.2 (63)
35 – 44	20.7 (6)	14.3 (5)	24.8 (38)
45 or older	10.3 (3)	14.3 (5)	5.2 (8)
Smoker
Yes	3.4 (1)	5.1 (2)	2.5 (4)
No	96.6 (28)	94.9 (37)	97.5 (153)
Alcohol consumption:*
Yes	31.0 (9)	28.2 (11)	13.5 (21)
No	69.0 (20)	71.8 (28)	86.5 (134)
Hormonal contraceptive use
Yes	48.3 (14)	67.6 (25)	57.6 (87)
No	51.7 (15)	32.4 (12)	42.4 (64)
Number of sexual partners:
1 – 5	72.4 (21)	94.9 (37)	82.1 (128)
6 – 15	20.7 (6)	5.1 (2)	14.7 (23)
>16	609 (2)	0	3.2 (5)

† Subjects missing

Normal – no abnormal changes.

Dysplasia – abnormal cervical changes including ASCUS, CIN I-III;

ASCUS – atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance

CIN – cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

*X²; P < 0.05