Table 4. The odds ratio (OR) and confidence interval of HPV infections that were exclusively cervical, anal, or concomitant cervical and anal, according to the demographic, clinical, and behavioural characteristics of HIV-seropositive women with normal Pap test results obtained by the STI/AIDS Reference Clinic in Vitória from August 2013 to December 2015.
| Characteristicsa | Cervical (n = 126) | Anal (n = 126) | Anal/Cervical (n = 90) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | Pos | Neg | OR (95% IC) | p | Pos | Neg | OR (95% IC) | p | Pos | Neg | OR (95% IC) | p |
| <35 | 13 (43%) | 17 (57%) | 0.78 (0.34–1.80) | 0.6 | 24 (80%) | 6 (20%) | 0.29 (0.11–0.79) | 0.01 | 13 (54%) | 11 (46%) | 2.36 (0.91–6.12) | 0.07 |
| >35 | 36 (38%) | 60 (62%) | 52 (54%) | 44 (46%) | 22 (33%) | 44 (67%) | ||||||
| CD4+count (cells/mm3) | ||||||||||||
| <500 | 19 (50%) | 19 (50%) | 0.45 (0.20–1.01) | 0.05 | 29 (76%) | 9 (24%) | 0.34 (0.14–0.81) | 0.01 | 16 (50%) | 16 (50%) | 2.54 (0.99–6.53) | 0.05 |
| ≥500 | 22 (31%) | 49 (69%) | 37 (52%) | 34 (48%) | 13 (28%) | 33 (72%) | ||||||
| HIV Viral load (copies/mL) | ||||||||||||
| <50 | 24 (24%) | 46 (66%) | 1.48 (0.66–3.30) | 0.3 | 34 (49%) | 36 (51%) | 4.8 (1.88–12.44) | 0.001 | 13 (29%) | 32 (71%) | 0.43 (0.69–1.10) | 0.07 |
| ≥50 | 17 (44) | 22 (56%) | 32 (82%) | 7 (18%) | 16 (48%) | 17 (52%) | ||||||
| Smoking | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 9 (39%) | 14 (61%) | 0.93 (0.37–2.35) | 0.9 | 12 (52%) | 11 (48%) | 1.54 (0.62–3.83) | 0.3 | 7 (50%) | 7 (50%) | 1.80 (0.57–5.72) | 0.3 |
| No | 37 (37%) | 62 (62%) | 62 (63%) | 37 (37%) | 26 (36%) | 47 (64%) | ||||||
| Drugs use | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 14 (47%) | 16 (53%) | 0.63 (0.27–1.46) | 0.3 | 19 (63%) | 11 (37%) | 0.91 (0.39–2.14) | 0.8 | 12 (57%) | 9 (43%) | 2.49 (0.92–6.79) | 0.06 |
| No | 32 (36%) | 58 (64%) | 55 (61%) | 35 (39%) | 23 (35%) | 43 (65%) | ||||||
| Receptive anal intercourse | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 32 (39%) | 50 (61%) | 0.91 (0.41–2.01) | 0.8 | 52 (63%) | 30 (37%) | 0.79 (0.36–1.74) | 0.6 | 25 (42%) | 34 (58%) | 1.84 (0.70–4.84) | 0.2 |
| No | 14 (37%) | 24 (63%) | 22 (58%) | 16 (42%) | 8 (29%) | 20 (71%) | ||||||
| Schooling (years) | ||||||||||||
| ≤ 5 | 11 (37%) | 19 (63%) | 1.03 (0.44–2.42) | 0.9 | 15 (50%) | 15 (50%) | 1.76 (0.76–4.04) | 0.2 | 8 (44%) | 10 (56%) | 1.47 (0.51–4.21) | 0.5 |
| >5 | 34 (37%) | 57 (63%) | 58 (64%) | 33 (36%) | 24 (35%) | 44 (65%) | ||||||
aThe number varies due to the lack of data for some variables.