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Table 2 Clinical and demographic characteristics of invasive cervical carcinoma cases and control women

From: HPV types, HIV and invasive cervical carcinoma risk in Kampala, Uganda: a case-control study

 

Casesa

Controls

 

N

% b

N

% b

Number of women

316

 

314

 

Mean age, years (SD)

47

11.5

41

12.5

Mean age at first intercourse, years (SD)

16

3.0

16

3.0

Mean parity (SD)

6.9

5.8

4.8

4.0

Mean CD4 count (SD)

722

375

843

389

Ever used contraceptives

103

32.6

111

35.4

HIV status (+)c

55

18.8

54

17.5

Had attended school

207

65.5

271

86.3

Ever smoked

26

8.2

26

8.3

Partner is a current smoker

76

24.1

67

21.3

Alcohol consumption

131

41.5

133

42.4

History of sexually transmitted diseases

148

46.8

137

43.6

Ever had Pap smear

6

1.9

13

4.1

HPV tested

239

75.6

309

98.4

HPV detected

222

92.9d

95

30.7d

HPV not detected

17e

7.1d

214

69.3d

  1. Invasive cervical carcinoma study in Kampala, Uganda
  2. a Number of women with: squamous cell carcinoma: 265, adenocarcinoma: 42, mixed histology: 5, other: 4.
  3. b Percent where applicable.
  4. c HIV positivity based on available data for 293 cases and 308 controls.
  5. d Percentage (%) of tested.
  6. e Additional 16 invasive cervical carcinoma patients had available samples, but these were beta-globin-negative, indicating poor sample quality, and therefore were excluded from all analyses.
  7. Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation, HPV: human papillomavirus.