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. 2016 Aug 26;16(1):889. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3581-0

Table 2.

Prevalence of HPV Infection by demographic and behavioural characteristics among non-vaccinated women (n = 522)a

Variables Variable categories Any HPV type HrHPVb
(n = 111) (n = 73)
OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI)
Age <30 years 1 1
≥30 years 0.38 (0.25–0.60)* 0.34 (0.21–0.57)*
Marital status Married/Partnershaft 1 1
Single/divorced 1.87 (1.17–2.99)*,e 1.16 (0.66–2.10)
Educational status Basic schooling 1 1
High school and more 0.81 (0.53–1.25) 0.83 (0.50–1.37)
Districts Oberlandc 1 1
Unterlandd 1.76 (1.06–2.92)* 1.57 (0.88–2.79)
Smoking non-smoker 1 1
smoker 4.10 (2.6–6.41)* 3.16 (1.89–5.26)*
BMI <25 1 1
≥25 0.55 (0.32–0.95)* 0.64 (0.34–1.19)
Age at first sexual contact <16 years 1 1
≥16 years 0.44 (0.27–0.72)* 0.61 (0.35–1.08)
LSP <6 1 1
≥6 2.40 (1.39–3.62)* 1.95 (1.13–3.36)*

BMI body mass index, LSP number of life time sexual partners, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

*p-value = statistically significant

aonly non-vaccinated women

bHPVs 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 58 (all the HrHPV types included in nonavalen HPV vaccine)

cwestern districts (Imst, Landeck)

dEastern districts (Kufstein, Kitzbuehel)

esignificant for study participants above 30 years of age