Table 2.

Persistence of high vs. low viral load baseline HR-HPVs at 6,12, and 24 months follow-up

HIV-negative (N=403)
	Missing	Qualitative viral load at baseline
		Low (1–2)	High (3–4)	Unadjusted analysis		Adjusted analysis*
	N	Persisting Viruses/Total viruses (%)	Persisting Viruses/Total viruses (%)	PRR (95% CI)	P	PRR (95% CI)	P
Month 6	56	35/168 (20.8)	74/179 (41.3)	1.79 (1.29–2.50)	0.001	1.83 (1.32–2.52)	<0.001
Month 12	99	22/144 (15.3)	54/160 (33.8)	1.94 (1.32–2.87)	0.001	2.01 (1.42–3.11)	<0.001
Month 24	90	13/148 (8.8)	25/165 (15.2)	1.61 (0.91–2.84)	0.102	1.58 (0.89–2.80)	0.115
HIV-positive (N=399)
		Qualitative viral load at baseline
		Low (1–2)	High (3–4)	Unadjusted analysis		Adjusted analysis*
		Persisting Viruses/Total viruses (%)	Persisting Viruses/Total viruses (%)	PRR (95% CI)	P	PRR (95% CI)	P
Month 6	91	61/166 (36.8)	70/142 (49.3)	1.35 (1.06–1.73)	0.017	1.33 (1.06–1.67)	0.014
Month 12	95	35/163 (21.4)	51/141 (36.2)	1.72 (1.16–2.55)	0.007	1.73 (1.18–2.54)	0.005
Month 24	31	51/204 (25.0)	57/164 (34.8)	1.35 (0.93–1.96)	0.12	1.33 (0.94–1.90)	0.109
All HR-HPVs (N=802)
		Qualitative viral load at baseline
		Low (1–2)	High (3–4)	Unadjusted analysis		Adjusted analysis*
		Persisting Viruses/Total viruses (%)	Persisting Viruses/Total viruses (%)	PRR (95% CI)	P	PRR (95% CI)	P
Month 6	147	96/334 (28.7)	144/321 (44.9)	1.51 (1.24–1.86)	<0.001	1.50 (1.24–1.82)	<0.001
Month 12	194	57/307 (18.6)	105/301 (35.2)	1.83 (1.38–2.42)	<0.001	1.86 (1.41–2.46)	<0.001
Month 24	121	64/352 (18.2)	82/329 (24.9)	1.34 (0.95–1.87)	0.08	1.37 (0.98–1.91)	0.066

^*Adjusted for age, circumcision status, detection of beta-globin at baseline (present or absent), and sex with non-marital partners in the last year.