Table 1.

Demographic and Medical Characteristics of 1,462 Women Who Are Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seropositive and Seronegative With an Initial Negative Pap Test at Study Enrollment

	HIV+		HIV−		P
	n	%	n	%
Number	942	64	520	36
Age (years)
Younger than 31	266	28	232	45
31–45	570	61	255	49	<0.001
Older than 45	106	11	33	6
Ethnicity					0.86
American African	533	56	296	57
Hispanic	106	11	63	12
Caucasian	128	14	63	12
Other	175	19	98	19
Cohort					<0.001
Original (1994/95)	652	69	292	56
2001/02 recruit	290	31	228	44
Smoking					0.006
Never smoked	334	36	159	30
Current smoker	458	49	299	58
Ever smoked	144	15	62	12
Oral contraceptive use in last 6 months					0.002
No	902	96	479	92
Yes	38	4	41	8
Male sexual partners in last 6 months					<0.001
None	296	32	106	20
1	510	55	259	50
2 or more	125	13	154	30
CD4 count
Less than 200	131	14
200–500	396	43
Greater than 500	389	43
AIDS
No	800	85
Yes	142	15
On HAART
No	805	85
Yes	137	15

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy.