Skip to main content

Table 3 Factors associated with receiving triage among HPV screen positive women in Nicaragua in 2017

From: HPV-based cervical cancer screening in Nicaragua: from testing to treatment

Ā 

Not Triaged

(NĀ =ā€‰3120)

Triaged

(NĀ =ā€‰3656)

n (%)

n (%)

Unadjusted Prevalence ORa (95% CI)

Adjusted Prevalence ORb (95% CI)

Triage Ratio

Province

ā€ƒCarazo

1062 (54.1)

900 (45.9)

Ref

Ref

Ref

ā€ƒChinandega

1482 (48.9)

1546 (51.1)

1.23 (1.10ā€“1.38)*

1.23 (1.09ā€“1.38)*

1.11

ā€ƒChontales

576 (32.3)

1210 (67.8)

2.48 (2.17ā€“2.81)*

2.78 (2.43ā€“3.19)*

1.48

Age, years

ā€ƒ<ā€‰30

28 (50.0)

28 (50.0)

Ref

Ref

Ref

ā€ƒ30ā€“39

1812 (46.3)

2103 (53.7)

1.16 (0.68ā€“1.97)

1.18 (0.69ā€“2.02)

1.07

ā€ƒ40ā€“49

747 (43.3)

979 (56.7)

1.31 (0.77ā€“2.23)

1.36 (0.79ā€“2.34)

1.13

ā€ƒ50ā€“59

512 (49.2)

528 (50.8)

1.03 (0.60ā€“1.77)

1.07 (0.62ā€“1.86)

1.02

ā€ƒ60+

19 (54.3)

16 (45.7)

0.84 (0.36ā€“1.96)

0.89 (0.38ā€“2.11)

0.91

ā€ƒUnknown

2 (50.0)

2 (50.0)

1.00 (0.13ā€“7.60)

0.63 (0.08ā€“4.97)

1.00

HPV Screening Modality

ā€ƒSelf-collected

3019 (45.9)

3559 (54.1)

Ref

Ref

Ref

ā€ƒProvider-collected

27 (24.1)

85 (75.9)

2.67 (1.73ā€“4.13)*

2.82 (1.82ā€“4.39)*

1.40

ā€ƒUnknown

74 (91.9)

12 (14.0)

0.14 (0.07ā€“0.25)*

0.07 (0.04ā€“0.14)*

0.26

  1. Abbreviations: HPV Human papilloma virus, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, Ref Reference category
  2. * P values <ā€‰0.001
  3. aUnadjusted prevalence odds ratio for the association between each risk factor and receiving triage (either Pap or VIA)
  4. bAdjusted prevalence odds ratio for all the listed factors