Research Article

Prevalence of HPV Genotypes in South Europe: Comparisons between an Italian and a Turkish Unvaccinated Population

Table 4

Distribution of risk factors.

Group A (Italian) ()Group B (Turkish) () value

Age (mean±SD)32.5 ± 11.430.6 ± 9.60.187

Education
Low levels of education23 (14.6%)28 (31.8%)<0.001
Upper secondary education108 (68.4%)47 (53.4%)
Graduate education27 (17.0%)13 (14.8%)

Marital status
Married or married-like situation118 (74.7%)48 (54.5%)<0.001
Never married35 (22.1%)38 (43.2%)
Divorced5 (3.2%)2 (2.3%)
Widow00

Smoke
Ever smoked82 (52.0%)35 (40.0%)0.067
Current or ex-smokers76 (48.0%)53 (60.0%)

Number of pregnancies
None85 (53.8%)40 (45.4%)0.315
From 1 to 366 (41.8%)41 (46.6%)
More than 37 (4.4%)7 (8.0%)

Combined oral contraceptive
User80 (50.6%)35 (39.8%)0.101
Not user78 (49.4%)53 (60.2%)

Age first sexual intercourse (mean±SD)19.8 ± 3.426.4 ± 5.3<0.001

Number of partners (in the last three months)
Only 168 (43.3%)68 (77.0%)<0.001
From 2 to 360 (37.8%)13 (15.2%)
From 4 to 930 (18.9%)7 (7.8%)

Condom
Never used during their sex life45 (28.5%)28 (31.9%)0.582
Usually used during their sex life113 (71.5%)60 (68.1%)

History of sexually transmitted infection
Yes27 (17.1%)10 (11.4%)0.228
No131 (82.9%)78 (88.6%)

Pap test done in the last 3 years
Yes92 (58.2%)29 (33.0%)<0.001
No66 (41.8%)59 (67.0%)