HPV-Chlamydial Coinfection, Prevalence, and Association with Cervical Intraepithelial Lesions: A Pilot Study at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

Table 3

Correlation of HPV-Chlamydial coinfection and other risk factors with grades of cervical intraepithelial lesions.

Variable	Category	Positivity	ASCUS	LSIL	HSIL
		Spearman’s rho; (Prob > )	Spearman’s rho; (Prob > )	Spearman’s rho; (Prob > )	Spearman’s; rho; (Prob > )
AGE	25-40	0.0747 (0.4767)	-0.1670 (0.1097)	0.1516 (0.1469)	-0.0830 (0.4288)
	41-60	-0.1049 (0.3169)	0.0487 (0.6433)	-0.0704 (0.5024)	-0.1322 (0.2064)
	61-80	0.0431 (0.6813)	0.2022 (0.0519)	-0.1414 (0.1762)	0.3519 (0.0005)
HIV	Positive	0.1205 (0.2499)	-0.0220 (0.8344)	0.1345 (0.1985)	-0.0271 (0.7968)
Smoking status	Smokers	-0.0442 (0.6737)	-0.0314 (0.7649)	-0.1271 (0.2247)	0.2613 (0.0114)
Family history of Cervical cancer	yes	0.1486 (0.1551)	-0.0423 (0.6873)	0.1770 (0.0896)	-0.0521 (0.6200)
Contraceptive use	Yes	-0.0672 (0.5222)	-0.1125 (0.2828)	0.0159 (0.8796)	-0.1386 (0.1852)
HPV	Positive	0.6602 (0.0000)	-0.0414 (0.6937)	0.6571 (0.0000)	0.0122 (0.9074)
Chlamydia	Positive	0.2494 (0.0159)	-0.0455 (0.6651)	0.2784 (0.0069)	-0.0560 (0.5938)
HPV-Chlamydial Coinfection	Positive	0.2494 (0.0159)	-0.0455 (0.6651)	0.2784 (0.0069)	-0.0560 (0.5938)

P<0.05 (primary research data).