Table 1.
Prevalence of high-risk HPV, risky sexual practices, and laboratory-confirmed Chlamydia, by age group and high-risk HPV, among African-American women.
| 18–29 % (n) |
18–24 % (n) |
25–29 % (n) |
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| Prevalence of high-risk HPVa | 38.9% (259) | 42.4% (197) | 31.0% (62) | |
| Variables | 18–29 % (n) N=665 |
18–24 % (n) N=465 |
25–29 % (n) N=200 |
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| HPV n=259 |
No HPV n=406 |
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| Multiple partners over the past 12 months |
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| Yes | 32% (83) | 53.9% (219) | 58.7% (273) | 61.0% (122) |
| No | 68% (176) | 46.1% (187) | 41.3% (192) | 39.0% (78) |
| Multiple partners over the past 6 months |
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| Yes | 46.3% (120) | 30.8% (125) | 38.7% (180) | 32.5% (65) |
| No | 53.7% (139) | 69.2% (281) | 61.3% (285) | 67.5% (135) |
| Having a current casual sexual partnerb,c |
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| Yes | 49% (75) | 40.6% (102) | 40.3% (112) | 51.3% (58) |
| No | 51% (78) | 59.4% (149) | 59.7% (166) | 48.7% (55) |
| Condom use during last casual sexual encounterc |
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| Yes | 56.7% (122) | 46% (145) | 50.9% (192) | 49.1% (75) |
| No | 43.3% (93) | 54% (170) | 49.1% (185) | 50.9% (78) |
| Having a risky sexual partnerd |
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| Yes | 38.2% (99) | 34.2% (139) | 35.8% (163) | 36.8% (71) |
| No | 61.8% (160) | 65.8% (267) | 64.2% (292) | 63.2% (122) |
| Laboratory-confirmed Chlamydia |
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| Yes | 13.5% (35) | 7.6% (31) | 11.8% (55) | 5.5% (11) |
| No | 86.5% (224) | 92.4% (375) | 61.7% (410) | 94.5% (189) |
a
The assay identified 19 oncogenic HPV types (types 16, 18, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 55, 56, 58, 59, 68, 73, 82, 83 and 84)
b
Variables contained missing data. Therefore, the n does not add up to the total Ns for each column.
c
Casual partner was defined as someone other than a current boyfriend, someone with whom you occasionally have sex and are NOT in a committed relationship.
d
Risky sexual partner was defined as a partner who was recently released from jail, had an STI, used injection drugs, and/or had a concurrent sexual partner over the past 3 months