Table 1. Main sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics of the study population (n = 479).
| Characteristic † | n (%) |
| Age (years) | |
| <30 | 37 (7.7) |
| 30–40 | 164 (34.3) |
| >40 | 278 (58.0) |
| Total | 479 (100) |
| Place of birth | |
| Spain | 348 (72.7) |
| Other | 131 (27.3) |
| Total | 479 (100) |
| Transmission group | |
| IVDU | 97 (21.5) |
| Heterosexual | 340 (75.2) |
| Other | 15 (3.3) |
| Total | 452 (100) |
| Age at first sexual intercourse (years) | |
| ≤18 | 379 (79.5) |
| >18 | 98 (20.5) |
| Total | 477 (100) |
| Smoking | |
| No | 134 (28.0) |
| Ex-smoker | 85 (17.8) |
| Yes | 259 (54.2) |
| Total | 478 (100) |
| Number of pregnancies | |
| 0 | 68 (14.3) |
| 01-març | 301 (63.1) |
| ≥4 | 108 (22.6) |
| Total | 477 (100) |
| Self-reported STIs | |
| Yes | 109 (23.5) |
| No | 355 (76.5) |
| Total | 464 (100) |
| HAART a | |
| Yes | 383 (92.7) |
| No | 30 (7.3) |
| Total | 413 (100) |
| Pap smear * | |
| Negative | 357 (74.5) |
| ASC-US | 38 (7.9) |
| LSIL | 66 (13.8) |
| HSIL | 18 (3.8) |
| Total | 479 (100) |
| Time since last Pap smear (years) § | |
| Never | 51 (11.0) |
| <2 | 276 (60.0) |
| 02-març | 60 (13.0) |
| >3 | 75 (16.0) |
| Total | 462 (100) |
| Frequency of Pap smear (years) | |
| Yearly | 210 (50.6) |
| Every 2–3 years | 105 (25.3) |
| Every 4–5 years | 39 (9.4) |
| Every 6–10 years | 34 (8.2) |
| <1 every 10 years | 27 (6.5) |
| Total | 415 (100) |
†
Present the valid percent, the total sample was n = 479 but there were some missings data.
*
Performed at the first visit to the study gynecologist.
§
medical records.
a
HAART was defined as the combination of at least 3 antiretroviral drugs.
Abbreviations: IVDU, intravenous drug user; STI, sexually transmitted infection; HAART, highly active antiretroviral infection; ASC-US, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.