TABLE 1.
Prevalence odds ratios of anti-VLP antibodies and of cervical HPV DNA in women in the general population and in prostitutesa
| Antibody or DNA | General population
|
Prostitutes
|
Prevalence odds ratio (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. +ve (%) | % Among +ve | No. +ve (%) | % Among +ve | ||
| Anti-VLPs: | |||||
| HPV-16 | 17 (6.0) | 50.0 | 81 (45.8) | 88.0 | 13.2 (7.4–23.4) |
| HPV-18 | 5 (1.8) | 14.7 | 41 (23.2) | 44.0 | 16.9 (6.5–43.7) |
| HPV-31 | 8 (2.8) | 23.5 | 34 (19.2) | 36.9 | 8.1 (3.7–18.2) |
| HPV-58 | 5 (1.8) | 14.5 | 38 (21.5) | 41.3 | 15.3 (5.9–39.8) |
| Any HPV | 29 (10.2) | 100 | 109 (61.6) | 100 | 14.0 (8.4–23.6) |
| HPV DNAb | 5 (1.8) | 28 (15.8) | 10.4 (3.9–27.6) | ||
a
Reference group: HPV DNA-negative women in the general population. +ve, positive.
b
Considered as positive only for HPV-16, -18, -31, and 58.