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Table 4 Factors associated with single HPV infection

From: Prevalence, genotype profile and risk factors for multiple human papillomavirus cervical infection in unimmunized female adolescents in Goiânia, Brazil: a community-based study

Variables

Single HPV infection

Total

(%)

OR (IC 95%)

p

Adjusted OR IC95%

p

Age (years)

       

 ≤ 17

37

205

18.0

1.0 (0.6-1.8)

0.48

-

-

 > 17

30

173

17.3

    

Education (years)a

       

 ≤ 8

41

209

19.6

1.4 (0.8-2.4)

0.11

1.1 (0.6-2.1)

0.70

 > 8

25

168

14.8

    

Marital status

       

 Unmarried

48

246

19.5

1.4 (0.8-2.6)

0.13

1.3 (0.6-2.8)

0.48

 Married

19

132

14.4

    

Smoking

       

 Yes

14

42

33.3

2.7 (1.3-5.4)

<0.001

1.4 (0.6-3.2)

0.37

 No

53

336

15.8

    

Age at first intercourse (years)

       

 10–15

44

228

19.3

1.3 (0.7-2.3)

0.19

0.8 (0.4-1.6)

0.53

 16-19

23

150

15.3

    

Age at menarchea (years)

       

 13–17

29

180

16.1

0.8 (0.5-1.4)

0.21

-

-

 9-12

38

197

19.2

    

Condom use

       

 Never/occasional

52

299

17.4

0.9 (0.5-1.7)

0.42

-

-

 Always

15

79

19.0

    

Number of lifetime sexual partners

       

 > 1

18

218

8.2

2.9 (1.6-5.5)

<0.001

4.7 (2.4-9.1)

<0.001

 1

49

160

30.6

    

New sexual partner in past 3 months

       

 Yes

8

50

16.0

0.8 (0.4-1.9)

0.37

-

-

 No

59

328

18.0

    

Number of sexual partner in past 3 months

       

 > 1

12

61

7.4

1.2 (0.6-2.3)

0.32

-

-

 ≤ 1

55

317

17.3

    

Age at first full-term pregnancy (years) b

       

 No

34

216

15.7

1

0.12

1

0.81

 < 15

19

89

21.3

1.4 (0.7-2.7)

0.36

0.8 (0.3-1.9)

0.63

 ≥ 15

12

69

17.4

1.1 (0.5-2.3)

 

0.6 (0.2-1.4)

 

C. trachomatis infection

       

 Yes

11

48

22.9

1.4 (0.7-3.0)

0.27

-

-

 No

56

330

16.9

    
  1. HPV: Human papillomavirus; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; C. trachomatis: Chlamydia trachomatis. a one without information; b Four without information. The variables “Education”, “Marital status”, “Smoking”, “Age at first intercourse”, “Number of lifetime of sexual partners” and the “Age at first full-term pregnancy” were included in the multivariate model. The odds ratios have been adjusted for age as a continuous variable.