Research Article

HPV Prevalence and Detection of Rare HPV Genotypes in Hong Kong Women from Southern China with Cytological Abnormalities

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

CharacteristicHong Kong Chinese women ( )
No. of patients%

Age (years)
 Mean36.9
 Median29
 (range)(15–83)
Cytological results
 Normal150591.6
 ASCUS915.5
 LSIL412.5
 HSIL60.4

ASCUS: atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; LSIL: low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions; HSIL: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions.