Table 2.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of invasive cervical carcinoma cases and control women
| Casesa | Controls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % b | N | % b | |
| Number of women | 316 | 314 | ||
| Mean age, years (SD) | 47 | 11.5 | 41 | 12.5 |
| Mean age at first intercourse, years (SD) | 16 | 3.0 | 16 | 3.0 |
| Mean parity (SD) | 6.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| Mean CD4 count (SD) | 722 | 375 | 843 | 389 |
| Ever used contraceptives | 103 | 32.6 | 111 | 35.4 |
| HIV status (+)c | 55 | 18.8 | 54 | 17.5 |
| Had attended school | 207 | 65.5 | 271 | 86.3 |
| Ever smoked | 26 | 8.2 | 26 | 8.3 |
| Partner is a current smoker | 76 | 24.1 | 67 | 21.3 |
| Alcohol consumption | 131 | 41.5 | 133 | 42.4 |
| History of sexually transmitted diseases | 148 | 46.8 | 137 | 43.6 |
| Ever had Pap smear | 6 | 1.9 | 13 | 4.1 |
| HPV tested | 239 | 75.6 | 309 | 98.4 |
| HPV detected | 222 | 92.9d | 95 | 30.7d |
| HPV not detected | 17e | 7.1d | 214 | 69.3d |
Invasive cervical carcinoma study in Kampala, Uganda
a Number of women with: squamous cell carcinoma: 265, adenocarcinoma: 42, mixed histology: 5, other: 4.
b Percent where applicable.
c HIV positivity based on available data for 293 cases and 308 controls.
d Percentage (%) of tested.
e Additional 16 invasive cervical carcinoma patients had available samples, but these were beta-globin-negative, indicating poor sample quality, and therefore were excluded from all analyses.
Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation, HPV: human papillomavirus.