Distribution of HPV genotypes in cervical intraepithelial lesions and cervical cancer in Tanzanian women

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants

	Cancer (n = 48)		CIN2-3 (n = 17)		CIN1 (n = 21)		CONTROLS (n = 148)		p-values**
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age	55.2	12.3	44.7	9.8	35.7	12.2	40.3	9.9	<0.0001
Income $	18	28	39	53	65	80	78	95	<0.0001***
Lifetime sexual partner									0.4* (1,2,3,4)
1	24	52.2	7	43.8	5	25	62	56.5
2	19	41.3	6	37.5	11	55	56	39.2
3	3	6.5	2	12.5	4	20	20	14
4	0	0	1	6.3	0	0	2	1.4
None	2		1		1		5
Marital status									0.6*
Married	30	62.5	10	58.8	15	71.4	107	72.3
Non-married	18	37.5	7	41.2	6	28.5	40	27
HPV									<0.0001
Any	33	89.2	14	87.5	12	66.7	20	14.1
None	4	10.8	2	12.5	6	33.3	122	85.9
Genotypes per Case	2.8		3.7		2.7		2.1
Current Smoke									0.6*
Yes	2	4.2	0	0	0	0	3	2
No	46	95.8	17	100	21	100	144	98
Oral contraception use									0.003
Yes	19	39.6	10	58.8	16	76.2	98	67.6
No	29	60.4	7	41.2	5	23.8	47	32.4
HIV-1 infection									<0.0001*
Yes	6	19.4	9	81.8	9	64.3	23	20.9
No	25	50.6	2	18.2	5	35.7	87	79.1
Tribe									0.3
Chagga	21	43.8	12	70.6	10	47.6	84	57.1
Pare	10	20.8	3	17.7	2	9.5	21	14.3
Others	17	35.4	2	11.8	9	42.9	42	28.6