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Table 3 Relationship between degree of SIL and degree of HIV progression (n=99).

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 smear results

Chi-square

p-value

  

HGL

LGL

Normal

  
  

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

  

CD4+ T lymphocyte cell Count (cells/microliter):

      

Less than 200

31

7 (22.6)

11(35.5)

13 (14.9)

  

200-499

49

4 (8.2)

7 (14.3)

38 (77.6)

  

500 or more

19

1 (5.3)

2 (10.5)

16 (84.2)

14.0

0.007

  1. Note: PAP = Papanicolous; HGL = High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion; LGL = Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion.