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. 2019 Aug 22;14(8):e0221181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221181

Table 1. Characteristics of participants who contributed samples to the study.

Control COCs Copper IUD LNG-IUD P-value
n = 17 n = 14 n = 16 n = 11
Age (years) 0.004 a
 Median (Min,Max) 32 (21,46) 23.5 (21,33) 25.5 (19,33) 26 (20,41)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 0.023 a
 Median (Min,Max) 26 (20,55) 23 (19,35) 21(18,29) 24 (20,29)
Race 0.001 b
 White 5(29%) 5 (36%) 11(69%) 8(73%)
 Black or African-American 9(53%) 1(7%) 0(0%) 1(9%)
 Asian 3(18%) 8(57%) 4(25%) 1(9%)
 Missing 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(6%) 1(9%)
Ethnicity 0.11 b
 Hispanic or Latina 5(29%) 0(0%) 5(31%) 4(36%)
 Non-Hispanic 12(71%) 14(100%) 11(69%) 7(64%)
Education completed 0.52 b
 Some high school 2(12%) 0(0%) 1(6%) 1(9%)
 Some college 5(29%) 5(36%) 3(19%) 2(18%)
 College or above 10(59%) 9(64.3%) 12(75%) 8(73%)
Current smoker 0.071 b
 No 13(76.5%) 14(100%) 15(94%) 9(82%)
 Yes 4(23.5%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 2(18%)
 Missing 0(0%) 0(0%) 1(6%) 0(0%)
Parity 0.13 b
 0 12 (71%) 14 (100%) 16 (100%) 9 (82%)
 1 1 (6%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
 2 4 (24%) 0(0%) 0(0%) 2 (18%)
Current contraceptive method use (months) 0.29 a
 Median (Min,Max) N/A 26.5 (9,42) 21.5 (6,45) 17 (7,36)
Sexual activity (vaginal sex, past 6 months) 0.034 b
 None 5(29%) 2(14%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
 Some 12(71%) 12(86%) 16(100%) 11(100%)
Lifetime sex partners (#) 0.29 a
 Median (Min,Max) 8 (1,50) 5 (1,23) 10 (2,30) 8 (1,20)
Samples analyzed (#)
 Endometrial biopsy c 14 [12] 12 [8] 15 [13] 10 [7]
 Cervical biopsy 15 11 16 8
 PBMC 14 15 13 11

a Kruskall Wallis test

b Chi square test of association

c S1 Fig: For virus ZM247Fv2, N = 51 samples infected. For viruses REJO and RHPA, N = 40 samples infected.