Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 151 HPV-positive women under follow-up, according to HIV status
| Characteristics |
HIV-positive women |
HIV-negative women |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 54 | % | N = 97 | % | |
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
|
| Non-stable |
16 |
29.6 |
35 |
36.1 |
| Stable |
38 |
70.4 |
62 |
63.9 |
|
Race/skin color |
|
|
|
|
| White |
26 |
48.2 |
68 |
70.1 |
| Brown |
18 |
33.3 |
19 |
19.6 |
| Black |
10 |
18.5 |
10 |
10.3 |
|
Years of education |
|
|
|
|
| 0-4 |
7 |
13.0 |
13 |
13.4 |
| 5-8 |
24 |
44.4 |
37 |
38.1 |
| >9 |
23 |
42.6 |
47 |
48.4 |
|
Menarche (years) |
|
|
|
|
| <9 |
2 |
3.7 |
2 |
2.1 |
| 9-15 |
48 |
88.9 |
87 |
89.7 |
| >15 |
4 |
7.4 |
8 |
8.2 |
|
Age at 1st sexual experience (years) |
|
|
||
| <16 |
30 |
55.6 |
63 |
64.9 |
| 16-20 |
22 |
40.7 |
31 |
32.0 |
| >20 |
2 |
3.7 |
3 |
3.1 |
|
Age of 1st pregnancy (years) |
|
|
|
|
| <16 |
13 |
24.1 |
20 |
20.6 |
| 16-20 |
23 |
42.6 |
51 |
52.6 |
| >20 |
18 |
33.3 |
26 |
26.8 |
|
Parity |
|
|
|
|
| 0 |
11 |
20.4 |
66 |
68.0 |
| 1-3 |
38 |
70.4 |
30 |
30.9 |
| ≥4 |
5 |
9.2 |
1 |
1.1 |
|
Lifetime no. of sex partners |
|
|
|
|
| ≤5 |
31 |
57.4 |
74 |
76.3 |
| 6-10 |
12 |
22.2 |
12 |
12.4 |
| 11-20 |
6 |
11.1 |
8 |
8.2 |
| >20 |
5 |
9.3 |
3 |
3.1 |
|
Sex partners (last 12 mos.) |
|
|
|
|
| <3 |
51 |
94.4 |
92 |
94.8 |
| ≥3 |
3 |
5.6 |
5 |
5.2 |
|
Soking |
19 |
35.2 |
18 |
18.6 |
|
Drug use |
|
|
|
|
| None |
41 |
75.9 |
77 |
79.4 |
| Marijuana |
9 |
16.7 |
15 |
15.5 |
| Cocaine/crack |
4 |
7.4 |
5 |
5.1 |
|
Alcohol |
9 |
16.7 |
11 |
11.3 |
|
Previous STD |
37 |
68.5 |
17 |
17.5 |
|
Sexual partner with STD
1
|
18 |
33.3 |
13 |
13.4 |
|
HPV infection type |
|
|
|
|
| HPV-positive |
32 |
59.3 |
8 |
8.3 |
| Subclinical |
22 |
40.7 |
62 |
63.9 |
| Clinical | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27.8 |
Ribeirão Preto, 2007-2010.
1Referred by women.