Human papillomavirus genotypes and HPV-16 variants distribution among Tunisian women with normal cytology and squamous intraepithelial lesions

Table 2 HPV prevalence among women with normal cytology and squamous intraepithelial lesion

	No Intraepithelial Lesion	Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion
	Total (n = 396)	Total (n = 75)	LSIL (n = 31)	HSIL (n = 44)	p OR [95% CI]	p’ OR [95% CI]
HPV positive women	97	63	27	36
HPV prevalence (%)	24.5	84	87.1	81.8	0.541	<10^-6
HPV prevalence (%)	24.5	84	87.1	81.8	1.5 [0.409–5.503]	16.183 [8.377–31.262]
HR-HPV positive women	55	39	11	28
HR-HPV prevalence (%)	14.9	59.1	42.3	70	0.025	<10^-6
HR-HPV prevalence (%)	14.9	59.1	42.3	70	3.181[1.135–8.920]	8.273 [4.687–14.602]

LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; p, results of LSIL vs HSIL comparison; p’, results of NIL vs SIL comparison

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