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Table 1 Relationship between HIV serostatus and cervical SIL (n, 214).

From: A higher proportion of squamous intraepithelial lesion of the cervix in symptomatic HIV-infected women at a tertiary health center in Tanzania

Variable

Total

Pap results

Chi-square

p-value

OR (95% CI)

  

SIL

Normal

   
  

No (%)

No (%)

   

HIV-seropositive

99

32 (32.3)

67 (67.7)

   

HIV-seronegative

115

4 (3.5)

111 (96.5)

31.5

<0.001

13.3 (4.2-46.4)

  1. Note; Pap = Papanicolous smear; SIL = Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion.
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Infectious Agents and Cancer

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