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Table 3 Univariate analysis of factors associated with recurrence (N = 177; recurrence, n = 29)

From: Recurrence of cervical intraepithelial lesions after thermo-coagulation in HIV-positive and HIV-negative Nigerian women

  

Recurrence

Univariate

 
   

OR (95 % CI)

P-value

N

n

(%)

  

HIV status

 Negative

57

7

12.3

1.00

0.31

 Positive

120

22

18.3

1.6 (0.60–4.00)

Age category (years)

  < 30

45

14

31.1

1.00

0.003*

  ≥ 30

132

15

11.4

0.28 (0.12–0.65)

Age at first intercourse

  < 18 years

46

9

19.6

1.00

0.46

  ≥ 18 years

128

19

14.9

0.71 (0.30–1.70)

No of Sexual Partners

  ≤ 1

145

24

16.6

1.00

0.93

  > 1

29

5

17.3

1.05 (0.40–3.00)

Elective Abortions:

 Never

49

5

10.2

1.00

0.12

 Ever

117

24

20.5

2.27 (0.81–6.35)

Number of Pregnancies

  < 5

114

22

19.3

1.00

0.19

  ≥ 5

61

7

11.5

0.54 (0.22–1.35)

Miscarriages

 Never

139

27

19.4

1.00

0.15

 Ever

20

1

5.0

0.22 (0.03–1.70)

Marital Status

 Never Married

42

5

11.9

1.00

0.37

 Ever Married

135

24

17.8

1.60 (0.57–4.50)

Highest Education

  ≤ Secondary

88

16

18.2

1.00

0.54

 Post-secondary

88

13

14.8

0.78 (0.35–1.74)

Contraceptive use

 Never

91

14

15.4

1.00

0.71

 Ever

86

15

17.4

1.16 (0.53–2.58)

Genital Lesions (Warts, Sores or Ulcers)

 No

42

7

16.7

1.00

0.14

 Yes

14

5

35.7

2.78 (0.71–10.88)

CD4 Count (cells/mm3)a

  ≥ 200

71

8

11.3

1.00

0.03*

  < 200

22

7

31.8

3.68 (1.15–11.73)

  1. aHIV positive*Statistically significant at 0.05 level