Table 1.

The prevalence of HPV DNA positivity and cervical cytopathological findings of Iranian women according to the type of study

	Population-based study	Clinic-based study*
	n = 799	n = 200
PCR Positive for HPV DNA; n (%)	5 (0.63%)	11 (5.5%)
Pap test positive for HPV; n(%)	9 (1.12%)	9 (4.5%)
PCR and Pap Test Positive for HPV; n	2	4
Carcinogenic HPV genotypes	16, 18, 31, 33, 51, 56	16, 18
Probably carcinogenic HPV genotypes	66	53

*Zandi et al. [12].