Cervical Human Papillomavirus Prevalence, Genotypes, and Associated Risk Factors among Female Sex Workers in Greater Accra, Ghana

Table 3

Results of univariate logistic regression analysis of risk factors for HPV infection.

Variables	HPV (+)	HPV (-)	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Age(years)
<25	17	41	0.65 (0.26- 1.67)	0.38
25-34	3	23	3.46 (0.9412.67)	0.06
35-44	6	9	0.46 (0.15-1.46)	0.19
45-54	0	1	-	-
Education
No formal education	1	5	1.81 (0.20-16.27)	0.60
Basic	18	56	1.38 (0.52-3.71)	0.52
Higher	7	13	0.59 (0.20-1.66)	0.31
Time in prostitution (years)
<1	6	17	1.45(0.48-4.38)	0.51
1-2	6	27	1.47(0.55-3.94)	0.46
3-4	6	13	0.65(0.21-1.94)	0.44
≥5	8	15	0.58(0.20-.1.65)	0.31
Full time sex worker
Yes	13	34	0.85 (0.35-2.08)	0.72
Average clients per week
≤14	14	40	1.01 (0.41-2.71)	0.99
>14	12	34	1.05 (0.43-2.66)	0.92
Contraceptive
Condom	20	62	1.55 (0.52-4.66)	0.44
Oral contraceptive	11	9	0.19(0.07-0.54)	0.002
Age at sexual debut(yrs.)
<16	7	16	0.74 (0.27-2.09)	0.58
16-20	19	55	1.07 (0.38-2.93)	0.90
>20	0	3	-	0.99
No. of Children
0	11	30	0.93 (0.37-2.30)	0.88
1-2	14	36	0.81 (0.33-1.99)	0.65
≥3	1	8	3.03 (0.36-25.47)	0.31
Smoking History
Current smoking	7	10	0.42 (0.14-1.26)	0.12
Past smoking	9	24	0.91 (0.35-2.32)	0.84
STI in the past
Yes	9	14	0.44(0.16-1.11)	0.11
Past STI type
Genital warts	1	1	0.34(0.02-5.68)	0.46
Gonorrhoea	5	9	0.58(0.12-5.68)	0.36
Syphilis	2	2	0.33(0.04-2.50)	0.29
Herpes	1	1	0.34(0.02-5.68)	0.46
HIV	2	0	-	-