Research Article

Persistence or Clearance of Human Papillomavirus Infections in Women in Ouro Preto, Brazil

Table 1

Evolution of HPV infection related to virus oncogenic risk and type of infection.

Total
Clearance
(%)
Persistence
(%)

Infection
 Single8034 (42.5)46 (57.5)0.210
 Multiple92 (22.2)7 (77.8)
Oncogenic risk
 LR-HPV175 (29.4)12 (70.6)0.082
 IR-HPV1710 (58.8)7 (41.2)
 HR-HPV5521 (38.2)34 (61.8)