Table 5. Concerns of HPV vaccines and cervical cancer screening among medical students.

			Males		Females		P
Questions	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
What do you think will be the most important obstacle preventing yourself to receive or recommend HPV vaccination? a							0.002
High cost	35	10.1	17	10.8	18	9.8
Concern about side effects	133	38.3	46	29.1	85	46.4
Concern about efficacy of vaccines	32	9.2	11	7.0	18	9.8
Inadequate information	147	42.4	84	53.2	62	33.9
What is your attitude toward future HPV vaccination program in China (multiple responses)? b
Positive, since the vaccines can prevent cervical cancer/genital warts	761	40.6	273	46.0	478	38.0	0.001
Positive, but requesting pricing regulation and subsidy	767	40.9	204	34.4	557	44.2	<0.001
Neutral, since the price will be high and the consumption capacity of ordinary Chinese should be considered.	152	8.1	67	11.3	81	6.4	<0.001
Neutral, since long-term efficacy and side effects should be evaluated.	276	14.7	77	13.0	194	15.4	0.168
Negative, since it may lead to promiscuity.	23	1.2	5	0.8	17	1.4	0.347
Other	17	0.9	8	1.3	9	0.7	0.182
What do you think will be the most important obstacle preventing yourself to receive or recommend cervical cancer screening?							0.123
High cost	53	16.9	30	17.4	23	16.2
Concern about side effects	125	39.8	59	34.3	66	46.5
Concern about effectiveness	26	8.3	14	8.1	12	8.5
Inadequate information	110	35.0	69	40.1	41	28.9

^aGender data were missing for 6 students who answered the question;

^b3 students did not answer the question, and gender data were missing for 23 students who answered these questions.