Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Variables | Sample size (204) n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) (median and interquartile range) | 37.0 (31.0–44.0) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Italian | 162 (79.4) |
| Chinese | 11 (5.4) |
| East Europe | 26 (12.7) |
| Northern Europe | 1 (0.5) |
| African | 4 (2.0) |
| Sample collection year | |
| 2011 (4 months) | 22 (10.8) |
| 2012 (12 months) | 64 (31.4) |
| 2013 (12 months) | 67 (32.8) |
| 2014 (11 months) | 51 (25.0) |
| Single HPV infections | 181 (88.7) |
| Multiple HPV infections | 23 (11.3) |
| Potential HPV vaccine protection | 187 (91.7) |
| Non-high-risk HPV genotypes | 8 (3.9) |
HPV: human papillomavirus.