Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of women given results of cervical smear and human papillomavirus (HPV) tests. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
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| Characteristic | Normal result (n=366) | HPV negative (n=331) | Not tested for HPV (n=143) | HPV positive (n=536) | Anova and χ2 tests | P value |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 40.2 (12.2) | 40.5 (11.3) | 35.4 (10.4) | 31.6 (9.7) | F = 65.01 | <0.001 |
| College education | 45 (155) | 36 (112) | 42 (55) | 50 (258) | χ2 = 17.21 | 0.001 |
| White ethnic origin | 96 (352) | 96 (316) | 98 (129) | 97 (516) | χ2 = 0.99 | 0.80 |
| First smear test | 8 (31) | 6 (19) | 8 (12) | 17 (90) | χ2 = 31.09 | <0.001 |
| Previous abnormal test results | 42 (155) | 45 (149) | 43 (61) | 39 (211) | χ2 = 2.80 | 0.42 |