Table 1. Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics of HPV FOCAL participants by study arm.

	Arms
	HPV (%)	Control (%)	Total (%)	P -value
Age group (years)				0.9068
25–29	732 (7%)	361 (7.1%)	1093 (7%)
30–34	946 (9.1%)	491 (9.6%)	1437 (9.3%)
35–39	1452 (14%)	680 (13.3%)	2132 (13.7%)
40–44	1677 (16.1%)	829 (16.2%)	2506 (16.2%)
45–49	1784 (17.2%)	875 (17.1%)	2659 (17.1%)
50–54	1563 (15%)	785 (15.4%)	2348 (15.1%)
55–59	1287 (12.4%)	640 (12.5%)	1927 (12.4%)
60–65	953 (9.2%)	452 (8.8%)	1405 (9.1%)
Total	10 394	5113	15 507
Cultural group a
Aboriginal/Black	339 (3.3%)	183 (3.6%)	522 (3.4%)	0.3110
British	5813 (56.2%)	2809 (55.2%)	8622 (55.9%)	0.2376
Chinese	1241 (12.0%)	607 (11.9%)	1848 (12.0%)	0.8986
Southeast Asian	62 (0.6%)	33 (0.6%)	95 (0.6%)	0.7180
Other European	4561 (44.1%)	2275 (44.7%)	6836 (44.3%)	0.4759
Other	1125 (10.9%)	573 (11.3%)	1698 (11.0%)	0.4774
Educational history				0.9618
Elementary/incomplete high school	220 (2.1%)	101 (2%)	321 (2.1%)
High school (complete)	1476 (14.4%)	725 (14.3%)	2201 (14.3%)
Trade certificate/college	2991 (29.1%)	1494 (29.5%)	4485 (29.2%)
University (incomplete)	741 (7.2%)	359 (7.1%)	1100 (7.2%)
University graduate or higher	4854 (47.2%)	2387 (47.1%)	7241 (47.2%)
Total	10 282	5066	15 348
Smoked regularly (ever)	3701 (36.4%)	1897 (37.9%)	5598 (36.9%)	0.0844
Total	10 155	5007	15 162
Lifetime no. of male sexual partners (N=15163)				0.1571
0	36 (0.4%)	10 (0.2%)	46 (0.3%)
1	2177 (21.4%)	1113 (22.2%)	3290 (21.7%)
2–5	3447 (33.9%)	1703 (34%)	5150 (34%)
6–10	2371 (23.3%)	1095 (21.9%)	3466 (22.9%)
11–50	1992 (19.6%)	1007 (20.1%)	2999 (19.8%)
51+	133 (1.3%)	79 (1.6%)	212 (1.4%)
Total	10156	5007	15163

Abbreviation: HPV=human papillomavirus.

P-values for age, education history and sexual partners are calculated using a Chi-square test. P-values for smoked ever and ethnicity are calculated using a Z-test for proportions.

^aCultural groups are not mutually exclusive.