Table 4.
Age group-specific multivariate logistic regression models predicting human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence
| Age 20–29 years (N = 181) | Age 30–39 years (N = 231) | Age 40–49 years (N = 140) | Age 50–64 years (N = 91) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPV+ (%) | Odds ratio | HPV+ (%) | Odds ratio | HPV+ (%) | Odds ratio | HPV+ (%) | Odds ratio | |
| Education | ||||||||
| Never | 15·4 | 1 (ref.) | 38·6 | 1 (ref.) | 26·7 | 1 (ref.) | 50·0 | 1 (ref.) |
| Low | 49·1 | 17·81 (1·76–179·7) | 33·7 | 0·60 (0·19–1·88) | 26·0 | 1·32 (0·31–5·61) | 18·8 | 1·72 (0·20–14·9) |
| Intermediate and high | 35·1 | 11·91 (1·23–115·19) | 25·9 | 0·21 (0·05–0·80) | 10·3 | 0·62 (0·07–5·21) | 37·5 | 0·31 (0·09–10·09) |
| Native language | ||||||||
| Maroon languages | 32·8 | 0·39 (0·11–1·31) | 34·2 | 2·39 (0·59–9·66) | 29·4 | 1·65 (0·23–11·84) | 53·1 | 4·99 (0·15–164·55) |
| Amerindian languages | 33·8 | 0·35 (0·11–1·19) | 37·7 | 6·23 (1·64–23·64) | 18·2 | 1·03 (0·12–8·7) | 42·3 | 2·03 (0·06–66·93) |
| Portugueuse | 48·2 | 1 (ref.) | 17·4 | 1 (ref.) | 17·9 | 1 (ref.) | 27·3 | 1 (ref.) |
| Others | 47·1 | 0·88 (0·22–3·59) | 33·3 | 2·26 (0·41–12·37) | 18·2 | 1·52 (0·09–25·02) | 0·0 | − |
| No. of sexual partners in past year | ||||||||
| 0 | 33·3 | 1 (ref.) | 38·4 | 1 (ref.) | 0·0 | − | 52·4 | 1 (ref.) |
| 1 | 42 | 0·54 (0·09–3·19) | 27·1 | 6·15 (0·61–62·00) | 26·1 | − | 44·4 | 0·44 (0·06–3·10) |
| ⩾2 | 22·6 | 0·28 (0·04–2·08) | 54·2 | 27·54 (2·07–367·01) | 8·3 | − | 20·0 | 1·48 (0·03–72·57) |
| Parity | ||||||||
| 0–1 | 35·3 | 1 (ref.) | 39·1 | 1 (ref.) | 21·1 | 1 (ref.) | 45·5 | 1 (ref.) |
| 2–3 | 34·9 | 1·75 (0·67–4·61) | 28·8 | 0·43 (0·11–1·66) | 4·8 | 0·87 (0·04–20·74) | 41·7 | − |
| 4–5 | 42·9 | 2·56 (0·87–7·58) | 28·8 | 0·16 (0·03–0·74) | 17·9 | 2·47 (0·16–38·36) | 44·0 | 0·19 (0·05–7·22) |
| >5 | 40 | 3·85 (0·40–37·36) | 36·2 | 0·23 (0·05–0·99) | 31·9 | 3·48 (0·32–37·41) | 44·2 | 0·20 (0·04–10·49) |
| Contraceptives | ||||||||
| Never | 36·5 | 1 (ref.) | 29·6 | 1 (ref.) | 21·3 | 1 (ref.) | 43·2 | − |
| Oral | 41·3 | 0·63 (0·22–1·85) | 37·0 | 1·59 (0·56–4·48) | 25·0 | 1·14 (0·17–7·84) | 0·0 | − |
| Other | 33·3 | 0·53 (0·18–1·61) | 34·0 | 1·27 (0·44–3·70) | 35·0 | 2·64 (0·51–13·67) | 66·7 | − |