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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Mar 16;21(5):859–865. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0073

Table 2.

Incident type specific median clearance time in months and risk of clearance by biomarkers of iron status.


Any HPVa Oncogenic HPV Non-oncogenic HPV HPV 16
n Median (95% CI)b Adjusted HR (95% CI)c n Median (95% CI) Adjusted HR (95% CI) n Median (95% CI) Adjusted HR (95% CI) n Median (95% CI) Adjusted HR (95% CI)

Ferritind
Continuous 453 - 0.94 (0.82, 1.06) 226 - 0.89 (0.73, 1.10) 227 - 0.96 (0.80, 1.14) 57 - 0.60 (0.26, 1.41)
Dichotomize
 <26.6 228 6.67 (6.01, 8.54) Ref 116 8.05 (6.08, 11.73) Ref 112 6.01 (5.88, 8.05) Ref 28 6.90 (5.95, 12.01) Ref
 ≥ 26.6 233 7.89 (6.01, 9.89) 0.88 (0.72, 1.07) 116 9.79 (6.28, 11.99) 0.73 (0.55, 0.96) 117 6.01 (5.68, 8.05) 0.99 (0.76, 1.29) 29 9.63 (6.01, 12.19) 0.29 (0.11, 0.73)
sTfRd
Continuous 453 - 1.17 (0.94, 1.45) 226 - 1.14 (0.86, 1.51) 227 - 1.14 (0.81, 1.60) 57 - 0.45 (0.12, 1.71)
Dichotomize
 < 1.97 232 6.54 (6.01, 8.54) Ref 117 7.95 (6.08, 11.73) Ref 115 6.01 (5.85, 8.05) Ref 33 7.95 (6.01, 12.52) Ref
 ≥ 1.97 229 7.95 (6.01, 11.01) 0.94 (0.77, 1.16) 115 10.81 (6.54, 11.96) 0.80 (0.58, 1.10) 114 6.01 (5.62, 9.03) 1.00 (0.75, 1.33) 24 6.70 (5.91, 11.99) 0.54 (0.19, 1.52)
sTfR-F Indexd
Continuous 453 - 1.12 (0.92, 1.36) 226 - 1.07 (0.79, 1.44) 227 - 1.14 (0.86, 1.51) 57 - 0.56 (0.22, 1.48)
Dichotomize
 <1.08 229 7.36 (6.01, 9.79) Ref 117 8.05 (6.08, 11.70) Ref 112 6.05 (5.85, 9.63) Ref 32 7.06 (5.95, 12.19) Ref
 ≥ 1.08 232 6.77 (6.01, 10.81) 1.01 (0.82, 1.25) 115 11.01 (6.44, 11.96) 0.83 (0.60, 1.16) 117 6.01 (5.68, 7.92) 1.14 (0.86, 1.52) 25 6.77 (6.01, 12.02) 0.65 (0.33, 1.29)
a

Infections, not women, were used as the unit of analyses for each outcome.

b

Log-Rank test for differences in median time to clearance were not significant for all comparisons.

c

All Cox models were adjusted for age, condom use, education, monthly income, menarche, lifetime number of sexual partners, oral contraceptive use, race, and smoking status.

d

Continuous measures of Iron Status were log transformed.

sTfR=Soluble transferrin receptor, CI=Confidence Interval, Ref=Reference group