Table 3 Relationship between positive HPV result and select demographic, immunological and behavioural variables
Any HPV positive | Any high-risk HPV positive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 54) | (N = 25) | ||||||
n | % | p-value | N | % | p-value | ||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 10 | 20.4 | 0.000 | 5 | 11.6 | 0.294 | |
Female | 44 | 60.3 | 20 | 18.7 | |||
Marital Status | |||||||
Single | 8 | 44.4 | 0.552 | 3 | 15.0 | 0.634 | |
Married | 27 | 32.1 | 12 | 14.1 | |||
Widowed | 13 | 44.8 | 7 | 24.1 | |||
Divorced | 6 | 40.0 | 3 | 20.0 | |||
Education | |||||||
Primary school | 4 | 26.7 | 0.569 | 3 | 20.0 | 0.900 | |
Secondary school | 37 | 40.2 | 15 | 16.1 | |||
Tertiary education | 13 | 41.9 | 6 | 18.8 | |||
Employment | |||||||
Formal employment | 8 | 38.1 | 0.545 | 5 | 22.7 | 0.551 | |
Informal employment | 31 | 41.9 | 13 | 16.9 | |||
Unemployed | 15 | 31.9 | 6 | 12.5 | |||
Currently on HAART | |||||||
No | 2 | 33.3 | 0.809 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.256 | |
Yes | 52 | 38.2 | 25 | 17.7 | |||
Time since HIV diagnosis | |||||||
< 1 yr | 11 | 50.0 | 0.454 | 4 | 17.4 | 0.999 | |
1 to 5 yr | 24 | 38.7 | 11 | 17.7 | |||
> 5 yr | 19 | 34.5 | 10 | 17.5 | |||
Smoking | |||||||
Current | 1 | 33.3 | 0.991 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.643 | |
Past | 7 | 36.8 | 3 | 15.0 | |||
Never | 46 | 37.1 | 22 | 17.3 | |||
Alcohol intake | |||||||
Current | 4 | 57.1 | 0.534 | 1 | 12.5 | 0.751 | |
Past | 18 | 36.7 | 7 | 14.0 | |||
Never | 32 | 36.0 | 17 | 18.5 | |||
Number of lifetime sex partners | |||||||
< 5 | 37 | 36.6 | 0.414 | 16 | 15.8 | 0.021 | |
5 to 10 | 12 | 50.0 | 8 | 34.8 | |||
> 10 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Condom use | |||||||
Regular | 31 | 34.8 | 0.730 | 12 | 12.9 | 0.060 | |
Occasional | 7 | 36.8 | 3 | 15.8 | |||
Never | 6 | 46.2 | 5 | 38.5 | |||
Sexual orientation | |||||||
Heterosexual | 54 | 38.8 | 25 | 17.6 | |||
Homosexual | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||