Research Article
Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Precancerous Cervical Cancer Lesions among HIV-Infected Women in Resource-Limited Settings
Table 1
Sociodemographic, clinical, and reproductive characteristics of HIV+ women screened for cervical cancer at Nazareth Hospital.
| | Variables | Sample size () | Percentage (%) | Mean (SD) |
| | HAART status () | | | | | Yes | 108 | 15.7 | — | | No | 578 | 84.3 | — |
| | Presence of precancerous lesions () | | | | | Negative | 524 | 73.3 | — | | Positive | 191 | 26.7 | — |
| | Marital status () | | | | | Deceased | 10 | 1.4 | — | | Married | 645 | 90.3 | — | | Separated | 6 | 0.8 | — | | Single | 53 | 7.5 | — |
| | Age () | | | 40 (8.72) | | | 57 | 8.27 | — | | 30–39 | 302 | 43.83 | — | | 40–49 | 230 | 33.38 | — | | 50–59 | 77 | 11.18 | — | | 60–69 | 23 | 3.34 | — |
| | Baseline CD4 () | | | 250 (189) | | <200 | 280 | 45.0 | — | | | 341 | 55.0 | — |
| | Current CD4 () | | | 458 (236) | | | 98 | 14.2 | — | | | 588 | 85.8 | — |
| | WHO staging () | | | | | Stage 1 | 80 | 11.6 | — | | Stage 2 | 88 | 12.7 | — | | Stage 3 | 316 | 45.7 | — | | Stage 4 | 208 | 30.0 | — |
| | History of abortion () | | | | | None | 610 | 85.4 | — | | ≥1 | 104 | 14.6 | — |
| | Parity () | | | 2.81 (1.95) | | 0 | 36 | 6.0 | — | | 1-2 | 264 | 44.6 | — | | | 291 | 49.4 | — |
| | Duration of followup in care () | | | 2.62 (1.54) | | | 51 | 7.4 | — | | 1–3 years | 443 | 63.9 | — | | 4–6 years | 199 | 28.7 | — |
| | Histology results () | | | | | Normal | 112 | 58.6 | | | CIN 1 | 35 | 18.3 | | | CIN 2 | 20 | 10.5 | | | CIN 3 | 17 | 8.9 | | | ICC | 7 | 3.7 | |
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Note: SD stands for standard deviation.
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