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Table 3 Association between cervical cancer risk factors, reproductive history and presence of HPV

From: Role of HPV 16 variants among cervical carcinoma samples from Northeastern Brazil

Risk Factors

HPV

Total

Negative

Positive

p-value

n

%

N

%

N

%

 

Onset of sexual activity (years)

 10 to 19

87 (72.5)

25

28.7

62

71.3

0.738

 20 to 29

9 (7.5)

3

33.3

6

66.7

 Above 30

2 (1.7)

0

0.00

2

100.0

 Don’t Know/ Did not answer

22 (18.3)

4

18.2

18

81.8

Age at 1st pregnancy

 11 to 15

11 (9.2)

1

9.1

10

90.9

0.268

 16 to 21

41 (34.2)

14

34.1

27

65.9

 22 to 27

13 (10.8)

5

38.5

8

61.5

 Above 27

2 (1.7)

0

0.00

2

100.0

 Don’t Know/ Did not answer

53 (44.2)

12

22.6

41

74.0

Number of pregnancies

 1 to 3

37 (30.8)

11

29.73

26

70.3

0.859

 4 to 6

26 (21.7)

6

23.1

20

76.9

 7 to 9

32 (26.7)

8

25.0

24

75.0

 10 to12

13 (10.8)

4

30.8

9

69.2

 Above 12

8 (6.7)

1

12.5

7

87.5

 Don’t Know / Did not answer

4 (3.3)

2

50.0

2

50.0

Use of contraceptive

 Yes. Actually Use

7 (5.83)

2

28.57

5

71.43

0.887

 Yes. Already Used

40 (33.33)

12

30.00

28

70.00

 No

70 (58.33)

18

25.71

52

74.29

 Don’t Know /Did not answer

3 (2.50)

0

0.00

3

100

Number of sexual partners

 1

38 (31.7)

11

28.9

27

71.1

0.406

 2

27 (22.5)

4

14.8

23

85.2

 ≥ 3

36 (30.0)

8

22.2

28

77.8

 Don’t know/Did not answer

19 (15.8)

9

47.4

10

52.6