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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Immunol. 2019 May 6;80(9):723–730. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2019.04.011

Table 1:

Characteristics of the Study Participants at Baseline by Cervical hrHPV Status

Characteristics Total (n = 517) hrHPV Negative (n = 392) hrHPV Positive (n = 125)

Mean (± standard deviation)
Age, years 38 (± 8) 38 (± 8) 37 (± 7)
Body Mass Index, kg/m2 27 (± 6) 27 (± 8) 27 (± 8)
Age at sexual initiation, years 20 (± 4) 20 (± 4) 19 (± 3)
Total sex partners 3 (± 3) 3 (± 3) 4 (± 3)

n (%)
Age, years
- 18 - 29 55 (11) 40 (10) 15 (12)
- 30 - < 45 357 (69) 273 (70) 84 (67)
- ≥ 45 105 (20) 79 (20) 26 (21)
Body Mass Index, kg/m2
- Normal Weight, 18.5 - 24.9 173 (35) 127 (34) 46 (40)
- Overweight, 25.0 - 29.9 171 (35) 130 (35) 41 (35)
- Obese, ≥ 30.0 145 (30) 116 (31) 29 (25)
Age at sexual initiation, years
- <18 106 (21) 80 (21) 26 (21)
- 18 - 21 248 (49) 188 (49) 60 (49)
- ≥ 22 150 (30) 114 (30) 36 (29)
Total sex partners
- 1 122 (24) 101 (26) 21 (17)
- 2 - 4 202 (40) 152 (39) 50 (41)
- ≥ 5 186 (36) 135 (35) 51 (42)
HIV Status
- Positive 270 (52) 182 (46) 88 (70)
- Negative 247 (48) 210 (54) 37 (30)

hrHPV= high-risk human papillomavirus