Table 3.

Bivariable and multivariable factors associated with HPV DNA positivity amongst women in Estonia, 2006

			Bivariate analysis			Multivariable analysis
	HPV +/Total	%	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Characteristic
Socio-demographic
Age (years)
< = 20	23/52	44.2	1			1
21-25	44/95	46.3	1.1	0.6-2.1		0.8	0.4-1.7
26-30	23/75	30.7	0.6	0.3-1.2		0.4	0.2-1.0
30+	30/104	28.8	0.5	0.3-1.0	0.03	0.4	0.2-0.9	0.05
Ethnicity
Estonian	96/269	35.7	1
Other	22/52	42.3	1.3	0.7-2.4	0.4
Marital status
Married	23/81	28.4	1
Co-habiting	56/143	39.2	1.6	0.9-2.9
Never married	31/81	38.3	2.2	0.8-6.5
Other	8/17	47.1	1.6	0.8-3.0	0.3
Education (in years)
< = 9 years	8/19	42.1	1
10-12 years	32/88	36.4	0.8	0.3-2.2
13+ years	72/202	35.6	0.8	0.3-2.0	0.9
Sexual behavior
Ever had sexual intercourse
Yes	117/306	38.2	1
No	1/16	6.3	0.1	0.01-0.8	0.03
Age at the first intercourse
< = 18 y	95/217	43.8	1			1
> 18 y	20/85	23.5	0.4	0.2-0.7	0.001	0.4	0.2-0.8	<0.01
Number of sexual partners in last 12 months
1	72/226	31.9	1			1
2-5	39/67	58.2	3.0	1.7-5.2	< 0.001	2.5	1.4-4.5	< 0.01
> = 6
Self-reported history of sexually transmitted infections
Yes	33/82	40.2	1
No	83/233	35.6	0.8	0.5-1.4	0.5
Health behaviour
Current contraceptive use
Male condom	24/78	30.8	1
Other (hormonal, intrauterine device)	92/226	40.7	1.5	0.9-2.7	0.1
Visited gynecologist with in last 12 months
Yes	63/158	39.9	1
No	57/168	33.9	0.8	0.5-1.2	0.3
Any* cervical cancer screening with in last 12 months
Yes	55/129	42.6	1
No	65/197	33.0	0.7	0.4-1.0	0.08

* Opportunistic or systematic cervical cancer screening