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Table 6 Crude odds ratio on the association between behavioral characteristics and HPV positivity

From: Prevalence of vaccine and non-vaccine human papillomavirus types among women in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Parameter

n (%)

Χ2 (p value)

Î’ (p value)

OR

95% CI

Age of coitarche (years)

12.130 (0.016)

    

≤ 15

22 (6.9)

  

1

 

16–20

171 (53.9)

 

1.503 (0.019)

4.497

1.282–15.775

21–25

42 (13.2)

 

1.751 (0.012)

5.758

1.478–22.431

≥ 26

20 (6.3)

 

1.846 (0.016)

6.333

1.413–28.393

Do not remember

62 (19.6)

 

2.040 (0.002)

7.690

2.062–28.665

Number of life time sex partners

0.032 (0.858)

    

1

112 (35.3)

  

1

 

2+

205 (64.7)

 

0.043 (0.858)

1.043

0.656–1.661

Tobacco use

 

0.069 (0.793)

   

Yes

4 (1.3)

 

0.184 (0.857)

1.201

0.162–8.895

No

313 (98.7)

  

1

 

Alcohol consumption

2.037 (0.153)

    

Yes

135 (42.6)

 

0.280 (0.236)

1.323

0.833–2.101

No

182 (57.4)

  

1

 

Condom use

 

1.419 (0.234)

   

Yes

108 (34.1)

  

1

 

No

209 (65.9)

 

− 2.333 (0.340)

0.792

0.490–1.279

  1. Bold font: p value <0.05