Table 6.
Detection of hrHPV mRNA categorized by age group
| Age category (in years) | Participants per age group | Healthcare worker-sampling | Self-sampling | P-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hrHPV mRNA Positive (%) | hrHPV mRNA Negative (%) | hrHPV mRNA Positive (%) | hrHPV mRNA Negative (%) | |||
| ≤ 29 | 99 | 64 (64.6) | 35 (35.4) | 53 (53.5) | 46 (46.5) | 0.0614 |
| 30–39 | 84 | 70 (83.3) | 14 (16.7) | 52 (61.9) | 32 (38.1) | 0.0001 |
| 40–49 | 67 | 61 (91.0) | 6 (9.0) | 41 (61.2) | 26 (38.8) | < 0.0001 |
| 50–59 | 28 | 23 (82.1) | 5 (17.9) | 16 (57.1) | 12 (42.9) | 0.0654 |
| ≥ 60 | 7 | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | 1.0000 |
| Total | 285 | 224 (78.6) | 61 (21.4) | 167 (58.6) | 118 (41.4) | < 0.0001 |
*McNemar test for correlated proportions