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. 2013 Aug 30;8(8):e74276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074276

Table 2. HPV prevalence among women from the CARE Project and the NHANES.

CARE – All women CARE – Controls CARE – Cases NHANESa
(n = 1116) (n = 838) (n = 278)
Any HPV 43.1 (40.2–46.0) 32.1 (28.9–35.3) 76.3 (71.3–81.3) 39.2 (37.0–41.4)
High-risk HPVb 33.5 (30.7–36.3) 21.5 (18.7–24.3) 69.8 (64.4–75.2) 26.9 (24.7–29.1)
Low-risk HPVc 23.4 (20.9–25.9) 17.4 (14.8–20.0) 41.4 (35.6–47.2) 26.1 (24.0–28.2)

Note. Table reports percents and 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. HPV  =  human papillomavirus, CARE  =  Community Awareness Resources Education, NHANES  =  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

a

Estimates from the NHANES are for non-Hispanic white women [4], since 93.9% of women from the CARE Project were non-Hispanic white.

b

Included HPV types 16, 18, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 82, and IS39 [4].

c

Included HPV types 6, 11, 40, 42, 54, 55, 61, 62, 71, 72, 81, 83, 84, and 89 [4].