Human papillomavirus and Its Association with Other Sexually Transmitted Coinfection among Sexually Active Women from the Northeast of Brazil

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants according to the presence of HPV and STIs.

Variable		Total		HPV positive				HPV negative				value
				STI positive (N = 140)		STI negative (N = 64)		STI positive (N = 90)		STI negative (N = 59)
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age	18–24 years	63	17.8	27	19.3	11	17.2	16	17.8	9	15.2	0.400
	25–34 years	76	21.5	28	20	10	15.6	22	24.4	16	27.1
	35–44 years	87	24.6	29	20.7	17	26.5	28	31.1	13	22.03
	45–54 years	67	19	28	20	12	18.7	17	18.8	10	17
	≥55 years	60	17.1	28	20	14	21.8	7	7.8	11	18.7
Monthly income	<1 minimum wage	204	57.8	95	67.8	37	57.8	51	56.6	21	35.6	0.001
	>1 minimum wage	149	42.2	45	32.1	27	42.1	39	43.3	38	64.4
Education level	Elementary school complete/incomplete	117	33.1	54	38.6	18	28.1	30	33.3	15	25.4	0.600
	Secondary school complete/incomplete	193	54.7	66	47.1	38	59.3	52	57.8	37	62.8
	Graduate school complete/incomplete	34	9.7	16	11.4	6	9.3	7	7.8	5	8.4
	Illiterate	9	2.5	4	12.1	2	3.1	1	1.1	2	3.4
Skin color	White	27	7.6	10	7.1	5	7.8	9	14.06	3	5.08	0.200
	Brown	217	61.5	89	63.6	38	59.3	50	55.5	40	67.8
	Black	100	28.3	40	28.6	20	31.2	25	27.8	15	25.4
	Yellow	9	2.57	1	0.7	1	1.5	6	2.6	1	1.7
Marital status	With partner	181	51.27	78	55.7	28	43.7	49	54.4	26	44.1	0.200
	Single	172	48.7	62	44.3	36	56.2	41	45.6	33	55.9
Menarche	Before 13 years old	204	57.8	76	54.3	38	59.3	52	57.8	38	64.4	0.600
	Before 13 years old	149	42.2	64	45.7	26	40.6	38	42.2	21	35.6
First sexual intercourse	Before 15 years old	131	37.1	52	37.1	20	31.2	34	37.8	25	42.3	0.600
	After 15 years old	222	62.9	88	62.9	44	68.7	56	62.2	34	57.6
Condom use	Yes	103	29.2	43	30.7	18	28.1	28	31.1	14	23.7	0.700
	No	250	70.8	97	69.3	46	71.8	62	68.9	45	76.3
Number of partners	Up to 3	220	62.3	95	67.8	39	60.9	56	62.2	30	50.8	0.100
	More than 3	133	37.7	45	32.1	25	39.06	34	37.8	29	49.2
Number of pregnancy	Up to 3	248	70.3	98	70	43	67.2	69	76.6	38	64.4	0.300
	More than 3	105	29.7	42	30	21	32.8	21	23.3	21	35.6
Tobacco use	Yes	27	7.7	14	10	3	4.7	9	10	1	1.7	0.200
	No	261	73.9	96	68.6	50	78.1	66	73.3	49	83
	Ex-smoker	65	18.4	30	21.4	11	17.2	15	10.7	9	15.3