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Table 2 Prevalence of HPV Infection by demographic and behavioural characteristics among non-vaccinated women (n = 522)a

From: Pre-vaccine era cervical human papillomavirus infection among screening population of women in west Austria

Variables

Variable categories

Any HPV type

HrHPVb

(n = 111)

(n = 73)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Age

<30 years

1

1

≥30 years

0.38 (0.25–0.60)*

0.34 (0.21–0.57)*

Marital status

Married/Partnershaft

1

1

Single/divorced

1.87 (1.17–2.99)*,e

1.16 (0.66–2.10)

Educational status

Basic schooling

1

1

High school and more

0.81 (0.53–1.25)

0.83 (0.50–1.37)

Districts

Oberlandc

1

1

Unterlandd

1.76 (1.06–2.92)*

1.57 (0.88–2.79)

Smoking

non-smoker

1

1

smoker

4.10 (2.6–6.41)*

3.16 (1.89–5.26)*

BMI

<25

1

1

≥25

0.55 (0.32–0.95)*

0.64 (0.34–1.19)

Age at first sexual contact

<16 years

1

1

≥16 years

0.44 (0.27–0.72)*

0.61 (0.35–1.08)

LSP

<6

1

1

≥6

2.40 (1.39–3.62)*

1.95 (1.13–3.36)*

  1. BMI body mass index, LSP number of life time sexual partners, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. *p-value = statistically significant
  3. aonly non-vaccinated women
  4. bHPVs 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 58 (all the HrHPV types included in nonavalen HPV vaccine)
  5. cwestern districts (Imst, Landeck)
  6. dEastern districts (Kufstein, Kitzbuehel)
  7. esignificant for study participants above 30 years of age