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. 2018 Nov 1;6:70–76. doi: 10.1016/j.pvr.2018.10.009

Table 1.

Selected socio-demographic, behavioural and clinical characteristics of study participants by hrHPV status of self-collected vaginal specimen (N = 1005).

hrHPV Positive n = 167 (16.6%) hrHPV Negative n = 838 (83.3%) p value*
Agea, median (IQR) (years) 38 (IQR 34–43) 39 (IQR 35–45) –
Marital statusb
  • -

    Married

 146 750 0.473
  • -

    Single, Divorced or Widowed

 20 85
Educationc (highest level)
  • -

    Never attended school

 55 (33.1) 289 (34.9) 0.113
  • -

    Primary school

 66 (39.8) 381 (47.1)
  • -

    Secondary school

 23 (13.9) 92 (11.1)
  • -

    Tertiary school

 22 (13.3) 65 (7.9)
Age of sexual debutd:
  • -

    Median years (IQR)

 18 (IQR 17–20) 18 (IQR 16–20) 0.215**
Lifetime number of sexual partnerse
  • -

    Median (IQR)

 1 (IQR 1–2) 1 (IQR 1–2) –
Number of partners in last monthf
  • -

    Median (IQR)

 1 (IQR 1–1) 1 (IQR 1–1) 0.328**
Previous cervical screeningd 29 (17.4) 150 (17.9) 0.802
HPV vaccinationd 0 (0) 2 (0.2) 0.665***
Previous STI/genital infectiong 78 (47.0) 373 (44.6) 0.631
Current genital symptomsd 112 (67.1) 501 (59.9) 0.084
  • -

    Genital wartsh

 4 (2.4) 5 (0.6) 0.076***
  • -

    Genital dischargei

 115 (71.0) 570 (68.8) 0.186
VIA positivej 51 (34.5) 95 (12.7) < 0.001
High-grade disease (HSIL or worse)k 33 (6.3) 3 (0.70) < 0.001
a

n = 1004.

b

n = 1001.

c

n = 993.

d

n = 1003.

e

n = 994.

f

n = 968.

g

n = 1002.

h

n = 988.

i

n = 990.

j

n = 895.

k

n = 527.

*

Chi-square unless otherwise indicated.

**

Wilcoxon rank sum test.

***

Fisher's exact test.