Table 1.

HPV prevalence in women with normal cervical cytology living in the remote areas of French Guiana

			Proportion of women positive for HPV
	N	Overall %	% any HPV	% HR	% LR
Total	540	100.0	27.2	17.9	8.7
Age (years)
20-29	142	26.3	27.5	21.8	7.0
30-39	197	36.5	25.9	18.8	9.1
40-49	125	23.1	20.8	16.0	7.2
50-64	76	14.1	40.8	35.5	13.2
Education
Never	183	33.9	32.8	27.3	10.9
Low	173	32.0	26.0	19.1	9.2
Intermediate and high	181	33.5	21.5	16.6	5.5
Missing	3	0.6	100.0	66.7	33.3
Native language
Maroon languages	222	41.1	31.1	24.8	9.5
Amerindian languages	177	32.8	26.6	20.9	9.0
Portugueuse	98	18.1	20.4	16.3	6.1
Others	43	8.0	25.6	16.3	9.3
Age at first sexual intercourse
< 15	103	19.1	25.2	20.4	5.8
15-17	191	35.4	24.1	18.8	6.8
>= 18	73	13.5	27.4	21.9	12.3
Missing	173	32.0	31.8	24.3	11.0
Number of sexual partners in previous year
0	38	7.0	36.8	34.2	15.8
1	321	59.4	25.5	19.6	7.5
>=2	61	11.3	26.2	23.0	6.6
Missing	120	22.2	29.2	20.8	10.8
Parity
0-1	89	16.5	29.2	27.0	4.5
2-3	162	30.0	22.8	16.0	9.9
4-5	131	24.3	26.7	22.1	6.1
> 5	158	29.3	31.0	22.8	12.0
Contraceptives
Never	362	67.0	26.5	21.8	8.0
Oral	86	15.9	32.6	24.4	9.3
Others	92	17.0	25.0	16.3	10.9
Smoking
Yes	29	5.4	27.6	13.8	13.8
No	511	94.6	27.2	21.7	8.4