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 ± 11.4 | 30.6 ± 9.6 | 0.187 |
| Education | | | | Low levels of education | 23 (14.6%) | 28 (31.8%) | <0.001 | Upper secondary education | 108 (68.4%) | 47 (53.4%) | | Graduate education | 27 (17.0%) | 13 (14.8%) | |
| Marital status | | | | Married or married-like situation | 118 (74.7%) | 48 (54.5%) | <0.001 | Never married | 35 (22.1%) | 38 (43.2%) | | Divorced | 5 (3.2%) | 2 (2.3%) | | Widow | 0 | 0 | |
| Smoke | | | | Ever smoked | 82 (52.0%) | 35 (40.0%) | 0.067 | Current or ex-smokers | 76 (48.0%) | 53 (60.0%) | |
| Number of pregnancies | | | | None | 85 (53.8%) | 40 (45.4%) | 0.315 | From 1 to 3 | 66 (41.8%) | 41 (46.6%) | | More than 3 | 7 (4.4%) | 7 (8.0%) | |
| Combined oral contraceptive | | | | User | 80 (50.6%) | 35 (39.8%) | 0.101 | Not user | 78 (49.4%) | 53 (60.2%) | |
| Age first sexual intercourse (mean ± SD) | 19.8 ± 3.4 | 26.4 ± 5.3 | <0.001 |
| Number of partners (in the last three months) | | | | Only 1 | 68 (43.3%) | 68 (77.0%) | <0.001 | From 2 to 3 | 60 (37.8%) | 13 (15.2%) | | From 4 to 9 | 30 (18.9%) | 7 (7.8%) | |
| Condom | | | | Never used during their sex life | 45 (28.5%) | 28 (31.9%) | 0.582 | Usually used during their sex life | 113 (71.5%) | 60 (68.1%) | |
| History of sexually transmitted infection | | | | Yes | 27 (17.1%) | 10 (11.4%) | 0.228 | No | 131 (82.9%) | 78 (88.6%) | |
| Pap test done in the last 3 years | | | | Yes | 92 (58.2%) | 29 (33.0%) | <0.001 | No | 66 (41.8%) | 59 (67.0%) | |
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