Table 1.
Clinical and behavioral characteristics of 139 HIV-infected women who were genotyped for human papillomavirus before the initiation of antiretroviral therapy.
| Variable | Numerical Value |
|---|---|
| Clinical Variable | Median (Interquartile range) |
| Age, median years | 32 (29–39) |
| HIV RNA levels at baseline, median log10 copies/ml | 5.08 (4.49–5.65) |
| CD4 count, median cells/μl | 157 (105–187) |
| No. of pregnancies, median | 2 (1–3) |
| Behavioral Variable | Number (%) |
| Marital Status | |
| Single | 99 (71.2) |
| Married | 9 (6.5) |
| Co-habitating | 28 (20.1) |
| Widowed | 2 (1.4) |
| Divorced | 1 (0.7) |
| Other | 0 (0) |
| Education | |
| None | 7 (5) |
| Primary | 44 (31.7) |
| Junior Secondary | 64 (46) |
| Senior Secondary | 16 (11.5) |
| Tertiary | 8 (5.8) |
| Contraception | |
| Abstinence | 15 (10.8) |
| Condoms only | 109 (78.4) |
| Oral or injectable hormonal contraceptives (+/− condoms) | 8 (5.8) |
| IUD (+/− condoms) | 2 (1.4) |
| Tubal ligation (+/− condoms) | 4 (2.9) |
| Spermicide alone | 1 (0.7) |
| None | 0 (0) |