Table 1.
Sociodemographic, clinical, and reproductive characteristics of HIV+ women screened for cervical cancer at Nazareth Hospital.
| Variables | Sample size (n) | Percentage (%) | Mean (SD) |
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| HAART status (n = 686) | |||
| Yes | 108 | 15.7 | — |
| No | 578 | 84.3 | — |
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| Presence of precancerous lesions (n = 715) | |||
| Negative | 524 | 73.3 | — |
| Positive | 191 | 26.7 | — |
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| Marital status (n = 714) | |||
| Deceased | 10 | 1.4 | — |
| Married | 645 | 90.3 | — |
| Separated | 6 | 0.8 | — |
| Single | 53 | 7.5 | — |
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| Age (n = 689) | 40 (8.72) | ||
| 57 | 8.27 | — | |
| 30–39 | 302 | 43.83 | — |
| 40–49 | 230 | 33.38 | — |
| 50–59 | 77 | 11.18 | — |
| 60–69 | 23 | 3.34 | — |
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| Baseline CD4 (n = 621) | 250 (189) | ||
| <200 | 280 | 45.0 | — |
| 341 | 55.0 | — | |
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| Current CD4 (n = 686) | 458 (236) | ||
| 98 | 14.2 | — | |
| 588 | 85.8 | — | |
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| WHO staging (n = 692) | |||
| Stage 1 | 80 | 11.6 | — |
| Stage 2 | 88 | 12.7 | — |
| Stage 3 | 316 | 45.7 | — |
| Stage 4 | 208 | 30.0 | — |
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| History of abortion (n = 714) | |||
| None | 610 | 85.4 | — |
| ≥1 | 104 | 14.6 | — |
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| Parity (n = 591) | 2.81 (1.95) | ||
| 0 | 36 | 6.0 | — |
| 1-2 | 264 | 44.6 | — |
| 291 | 49.4 | — | |
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| Duration of followup in care (n = 693) | 2.62 (1.54) | ||
| 51 | 7.4 | — | |
| 1–3 years | 443 | 63.9 | — |
| 4–6 years | 199 | 28.7 | — |
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| Histology results (n = 191) | |||
| Normal | 112 | 58.6 | |
| CIN 1 | 35 | 18.3 | |
| CIN 2 | 20 | 10.5 | |
| CIN 3 | 17 | 8.9 | |
| ICC | 7 | 3.7 | |
Note: SD stands for standard deviation.