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. 2018 Aug 24;8(3):18. doi: 10.1051/bmdcn/2018080318

Table 2.

Cervical cancer risk factors in Iran.

Row First author Year Place of study Type of study Number of participants Risk factor(s) Source
1 Vaisy A 2013 Tehran Case-control

  • 128 patients

  • 128 controls

  • Marital status (divorced or widowed)

  • Married more than once

  • Marriage at age below 16

  • Contraceptive pill consumption Protective factor: Cryotherapy

 (36)
2 Nojomi M 2006 Tehran Crosssectional 300 patients

  • Positive family history of cervical cancer

  • Low marriage age

  • High prevalence of pregnancy

  • Low age at first pregnancy

  • Prolonged consumption of contraceptive pills

 (37)
3 Boheirayi A 2006 Tehran Case-control

  • 109 patients

  • 218 controls

 Protective factor: use of condom (42)
4 Mohaghegh F 2015 Arak Crosssectional 1000 women

  • Multiple marriages

  • Being widowed or divorced

  • Multiple sexual partners

  • ¬There was no significant relationship between smoking, diet, consumption of pregnancy pills with cervical cancer

 (43)
5 Karimi Zarchi M 2010 Yazd Crosssectional 100 patients

  • Low-age marriage

  • Multi parity

  • Pow age at first pregnancy (16.2 years)

  • Smoking

  • Not doing Pap smear

 (38)
6 Vaisy A 2014 Tehran Case-control

  • 128 cases

  • 128 controls

  • Marital status

  • Marriage more than once

  • Marriage before 16

  • Sexual intercourse more than twice a week

  • ¬Sexual intercourse during menstrual period did not significantly correlate with cervical cancer.

 (41)
7 Dehaghani AS 2002 Shiraz Case-control

  • 23 patients with cervical epithelial cell carcinoma

  • 36 individuals for control

 Existence of HLA-DQB1*0601 (44)
8 Taherian AA 2001 Esfahan Case-control

  • 87 patients

  • 195 controls

  • Age at first marriage (P=0.0008, OR=5)

  • Number of deliveries (P=0.0001, OR=3.2)

  • Contraceptive method (P=0.008, OR=3.3)

 (39)
9 Vaisy A 2014 Orumieh Case-control

  • 128 patients

  • 128 controls

 Use of contraceptive pills (this relationshipis significant with the duration of theconsumption). (40)
10 Jafari M 2007 Tabriz Crosssectional 6024 individuals

  • Number of deliveries of 3 cases and more

  • Number of pregnancies of 3 cases and more

  • Number of abortions of one case and more

  • Multiple sexual partners

  • Protective factor: use of condom

 (45)