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Table 1 Socio-demographical characteristics and obstetric and gynecological h istory of the screened population

From: Feasibility of thermocoagulation in a screen-and-treat approach for the treatment of cervical precancerous lesions in sub-Saharan Africa

Variable

N

 

%

Total number of women screened

1012

  

Age (mean ± SD), y

 

39.6 ± 5.6

 

Age groups, y

   

 30–34

232

 

22.9

 35–39

257

 

25.5

 40–44

280

 

27.7

  ≥ 45

241

 

23.9

Marital Status

   

 Without a partner

55

 

5.5

 With a partner

954

 

94.6

Education

   

 Unschooled

7

 

0.7

 Primary education

223

 

22.1

 Secondary education

618

 

61.3

 Tertiary education

157

 

15.6

Work

   

 Employee/Independent/Farmer

720

 

71.1

 Housewife

259

 

25.6

 Other

31

 

3.1

Age at menarche (mean ± SD), y

 

14.8 ± 1.9

 

Age of first sexual intercourse (mean ± SD), y

 

18.0 ± 2.8

 

Number of sexual partners (mean ± SD)

 

3.7 ± 2.7

 

Number of pregnancies, (mean ± SD)

 

5.5 ± 2.3

 

Number of children (mean ± SD)

 

4.5 ± 1.9

 

Age at first delivery (mean ± SD), y

 

21.8 ± 4.0

 

Contraception

   

 Pill/Injectable/Intrauterine device/Implanon/Other

186

 

18.4

 Condom

111

 

11.0

 None

709

 

70.5

Antecedents of cytological screening

   

 Yes

222

 

78.0

 No

788

 

22.0

HPV type

   

 HPV 16

18

 

9.6

 HPV 18/45

27

 

15.5

 Other HR-HPV

124

 

66.8

 HPV-16 and other HR-HPV

2

 

1.1

 HPV-18/45 and other HR-HPV

13

 

7.0

VIA/VILI status among other HR-HPV positive women

   

 Pathological

60

 

48.4

 Non pathological

64

 

51.6

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, y years, HPV human papillomavirus