Research Article
Persistence or Clearance of Human Papillomavirus Infections in Women in Ouro Preto, Brazil
Table 4
Evolution of HPV infection related to sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics.
| | | Total
| Clearance
(%) | Persistence
(%) | |
| | Age groups (years) | | | | | | >30 | 28 | 11 (39.3) | 17 (60.7) | 0.657 | | 30 to 39 | 20 | 7 (35.0) | 13 (65.0) | | 40 to 49 | 25 | 11 (44.0) | 14 (56.0) | | >50 | 16 | 7 (40.4) | 9 (56.3) | | Residence | | | | | | Rural | 21 | 10 (47.6) | 11 (52.4) | 0.303 | | Urban | 68 | 26 (38.2) | 42 (61.8) | | Age at first intercourse (years) | | | | | | ≤15 | 18 | 8 (44.4) | 10 (56.6) | 0.449 | | >15 | 71 | 28 (39.4) | 43 (60.6) | | Number of lifetime sexual partners | | | | | | 1 | 46 | 18 (39.1) | 28 (60.9) | 0.051 | | 2 to 4 | 28 | 8 (28.6) | 20 (71.4) | | 5 or more | 15 | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | | Oral contraceptive use | | | | | | No | 47 | 19 (40.4) | 28 (59.6) | 0.583 | | Yes | 42 | 17 (40.5) | 25 (59.5) | | Parity | | | | | | 0 | 19 | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | 0.509 | | 1 to 5 | 59 | 25 (42.4) | 34 (57.6) | | 6 or more | 11 | 3 (27.3) | 8 (72.7) | | Bracken fern consumption | | | | | | No | 28 | 12 (42.9) | 16 (57.1) | 0.466 | | Yes | 61 | 24 (39.3) | 37 (60.7) | | Smoking | | | | | | No | 53 | 19 (35.8) | 34 (64.2) | 0.197 | | Yes | 36 | 17 (47.2) | 19 (52.8) | | Alcohol consumption | | | | | | No | 34 | 13 (38.2) | 21 (61.8) | 0.457 | | Yes | 55 | 23 (41.8) | 32 (58.2) |
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