Table 3.
Correlates of HSIL or SCC (n=554a)
| Variables | Prevalence n/N (%) |
Crude OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted ORb (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ≤ 30 years | 7/110 (6.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 31–40 years | 13/260 (5.0) | 0.78 (0.30–2.00) | 0.68 (0.25–1.81) | |
| ≥ 41 years | 13/184 (7.1) | 1.12 (0.43–2.90) | 0.99 (0.37–2.66) | |
| Education | No education | 16/274 (5.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Some education | 17/280 (6.1) | 1.04 (0.52–2.11) | 0.97 (0.46–2.05) | |
| Marital status | Married | 14/265 (5.3) | 1.00 | Not included in model |
| Divorced/widowed | 19/289 (6.6) | 1.26 (0.62–2.57) | ||
| Number of sexual partners to date | 1 | 6/125 (4.8) | 1.00 | Not included in model |
| More than 1 | 27/429 (6.3) | 1.33 (0.54–3.30) | ||
| Age at first sexual encounter | ≤ 16 years | 17/297 (5.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| > 16 years | 16/257 (6.2) | 1.09 (0.54–2.21) | 1.10 (0.54–2.25) | |
| Monthly household income (rupees) | < 2000 | 12/192 (6.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ≥ 2000 | 21/362 (5.8) | 0.92 (0.44–1.92) | 0.94 (0.44–2.01) | |
| Smokeless tobacco use | No | 31/511 (6.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 2/43 (4.7) | 0.76 (0.18–3.27) | 0.68 (0.15–3.13) | |
| Years since HIV diagnosis (+1 year) | 1.06 (0.95–1.17) | 1.07 (0.96–1.19) | ||
| Ever heard of cervical cancer | No | 25/458 (5.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 8/96 (8.3) | 1.58 (0.69–3.61) | 1.56 (0.66–3.68) | |
| CD4+ T cell count (cells/mm3) | < 1000 | 15/245 (6.1) | 1.00 | Not included in model |
| ≥ 1000 | 18/309 (5.8) | 0.95 (0.47–1.92) | Not included in model | |
Abbreviations: OR=Odds ratio; CI=Confidence interval; LSIL=Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; ASCUS=Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; HSIL=High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; SCC=Squamous cell carcinoma.
a
Patients with LSIL or ASCUS were excluded from this analysis.
b
Adjusted odds ratios for each independent variable were adjusted for all other variables included in the model.