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Table 5 Factors associated with multiple 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

Multiple HPV infection

Total

(%)

OR (IC 95%)

p

Adjusted OR IC95%

p

Age (years)

       

 ≤ 17

32

200

16.0

1.3 (0.7-2.2)

0.28

-

-

 > 17

22

165

13.3

    

Education (years)

       

 ≤ 8

38

206

18.4

2.0 (1.1-3.8)

0.02

1.8 (0.8-3.7)

0.11

 > 8

16

159

10.0

    

Marital status

       

 Unmarried

45

243

18.5

2.8 (1.3-6.0)

0.006

2.2 (0.8-5.6)

0.10

 Married

9

122

7.4

    

Smoking

       

 Yes

8

36

22.2

1.7 (0.7-4.1)

0.19

0.9 (0.3-2.3)

0.82

 No

46

329

14.0

    

Age at first intercourse (years)

       

 10–15

36

220

16.3

1.4 (0.7-2.5)

0.30

-

-

 16-19

18

145

12.4

    

Age at menarchea (years)

       

 13–17

27

78

15.1

1.1 (0.6-1.9)

0.76

-

-

 9-12

26

185

14.0

    

Condom use

       

 Never/occasional

46

293

15.7

1.5 (0.7-3.3)

0..32

-

-

 Always

8

72

11.1

    

Number of lifetime sexual partners

       

 > 1

39

150

26.0

4.7 (2.4-8.9)

<0.001

3.7 (1.8-7.5)

<0.001

 1

15

215

7.0

    

New sexual partner in past 3 months

       

 Yes

13

55

23.6

2.0 (1.0-4.1)

0.04

0.6 (0.2-1.9)

0.42

 No

41

310

13.2

    

Number of sexual partner in past 3 months

       

 > 1

8

17

47.0

5.5 (2.1-15.9)

0.001

0.3 (0.1-1.1)

0.07

 ≤ 1

46

348

13.2

    

Age at first full-term pregnancy (years) a

       

 No

36

218

16.5

1

-

1

0.40

 < 15

13

70

18.6

1.1 (0.6-2.3)

0.34

0.6 (0.3-1.6)

0.35

 ≥ 15

5

75

6.7

0.3 (0.1-0.9)

0.01

1.7 (0.5-5.7)

 

C. trachomatis infection

       

 Yes

12

49

 

2.1 (1.0-4.4)

0.04

1.4 (0.6-3.2)

0.36

 No

42

316

     
  1. HPV: Human papillomavirus; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; C. trachomatis: Chlamydia trachomatis. a two without information. The variables “Education”, “Marital status”, “Smoking”, “Number of lifetime of sexual partners”, “New sexual partner in past 3 months”, “Number of sexual partner in past 3 months”, “Age at first full-term pregnancy”, and “C. trachomatis infection” were included in the multivariate model. The odds ratios have been adjusted for age as a continuous variable.