Table 1.
Baseline characteristics according to cumulative sexual behaviors over follow-up: women who report never having sex, having sex but never with a new partner, and ever having sex with a new partner from 6 months prior to baseline through follow-up (N=700)
| No sex (n=27) | Sex with no new partners (n=602) | Sex with new partners (n=71) | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Age in years | |||
| 35–39 | 2 (1.5%) | 107 (81.0%) | 23 (17.4%) |
| 40–44 | 7 (4.8%) | 127 (87.0%) | 12 (8.2%) |
| 45–49 | 6 (3.5%) | 146 (85.8%) | 18 (10.6%) |
| 50–54 | 5 (3.3%) | 133 (85.5%) | 14 (9.2%) |
| 55–60 | 7 (7.0%) | 89 (89.0%) | 4 (4.0%) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 6 (1.3%) | 426 (94.9%) | 17 (3.8%) |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 10 (7.8%) | 84 (65.6%) | 34 (26.6%) |
| Single | 11 (9.0%) | 91 (74.6%) | 20 (16.4%) |
| Race | |||
| White/Caucasian | 25 (4.7%) | 456 (86.5%) | 46 (8.7%) |
| Black/African-American | 2 (1.6%) | 100 (80.7%) | 22 (17.7%) |
| Other | 0 (0.0%) | 46 (93.9%) | 3 (6.1%) |
| Education completed | |||
| High School | 3 (2.7%) | 97 (86.6%) | 12 (10.7%) |
| Post high school | 5 (3.1%) | 135 (83.9%) | 21 (13.0%) |
| College | 7 (3.4%) | 178 (87.3%) | 19 (9.3%) |
| Post graduate | 12 (5.4%) | 192 (86.1%) | 19 (8.5%) |
| Yearly Income | |||
| <40,000 | 2 (4.3%) | 37 (78.7%) | 8 (17.0%) |
| 40–80,000 | 12 (7.3%) | 124 (75.2%) | 29 (17.6%) |
| 80–120,000 | 2 (1.4%) | 133 (89.9%) | 13 (8.8%) |
| >120,000 | 10 (4.5%) | 203 (90.1%) | 10 (4.5%) |
| Unknown | 1 (0.9%) | 105 (89.7%) | 11 (9.4%) |
| Smoking history | |||
| Never | 20 (4.1%) | 420 (85.7%) | 50 (10.2%) |
| Former | 6 (4.3%) | 123 (87.7%) | 11 (7.9%) |
| Current smoker | 1 (1.4%) | 59 (84.3%) | 10 (14.3%) |
| Menopausal status | |||
| Premenopausal | 8 (2.8%) | 242 (83.5%) | 40 (13.8%) |
| Perimenopausal | 8 (3.9%) | 186 (89.4%) | 14 (6.7%) |
| Postmenopausal | 11 (5.9%) | 161 (86.1%) | 15 (8.0%) |
| Lifetime sexual partners | |||
| < 5 partners | 14 (5.2%) | 243 (90.7%) | 11 (4.1%) |
| ≥ 5 partners | 13 (3.0%) | 359 (83.1%) | 60 (13.9%) |
| Ever STI | |||
| No | 15 (3.4%) | 393 (88.1%) | 38 (8.5%) |
| Yes | 12 (4.8%) | 205 (82.0%) | 33 (13.2%) |
| Ever abnormal Pap | |||
| No | 13 (3.5%) | 325 (88.6%) | 29 (7.9%) |
| Yes | 13 (4.0%) | 270 (83.1%) | 42 (12.9%) |