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Table 1. Demographic, sexual habits and clinical data of woman treated in public health care, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

From: Trichomonas vaginalis as a risk factor for human papillomavirus: a study with women undergoing cervical cancer screening in a northeast region of Brazil

 

Total (N = 562)

Trichomonas vaginalis

p value

Yes (N = 107)

No (N = 455)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age

       

< 29 years

155

27.58

30

19.35

125

80.65

0.473

30–49 years

272

48.40

56

20.59

216

79.41

 

50+ years

135

24.02

21

15.56

114

84.44

 

Skin color

       

White

56

9.96

5

8.93

51

91.07

0.042

Non-white

506

90.04

102

20.16

404

79.84

 

Relationship status

       

With partner

267

47.51

51

19.10

216

80.90

0.972

Single

295

52.49

56

18.98

239

81.02

 

Education level

       

Elementary school

196

34.88

41

20.92

155

79.08

0.707

High-school level

295

52.49

53

17.97

242

82.03

 

Graduate school

71

12.63

13

18.31

58

81.69

 

Smoking status

       

No

508

90.39

95

18.70

413

81.30

0.531

Yes

54

9.61

12

22.22

42

77.78

 

Alcohol consumption

       

No

349

62.10

65

18.62

284

81.38

0.749

Yes

213

37.90

42

19.72

171

80.28

 

Condom use

       

No

433

77.05

73

16.86

360

83.14

0.016

Yes

129

22.95

34

26.36

95

73.64

 

Menarche

       

Before 13 years old

342

60.9

52

48.6

290

63.7

0.004

After 13 years old

220

39.1

55

51.4

165

36.3

 

Anal sex

       

No

180

32.03

38

21.11

142

78.89

0.390

Yes

382

67.97

69

18.06

313

81.94

 

Oral sex

       

No

25

4.45

3

12.00

22

88.00

0.359

Yes

537

95.55

104

19.37

433

80.63

 

Cytological abnormality

       

No

514

91.5

86

80.4

428

94.1

0.001

ASC-US

16

2.8

6

5.6

10

2.2

 

LGSIL

16

2.8

8

7.5

8

1.8

 

ASC-H

6

1.1

4

3.7

2

0.4

 

HGSIL

4

0.7

3

2.8

1

0.2

 

CIN II + CIN III

6

1.1

0

0

6

1.3

 

HPV

       

No

299

53.2

28

26.2

271

59.6

0.001

Yes

263

46.8

79

73.8

184

40.4

 
  1. Bold values indicate the results were considered statically significant when p ≤ 0.05
  2. ASCUS atypical squamous cells of unknown significance, ASCH atypical squamous cells of indeterminate significance, LGSIL Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion, HGSIL high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, CIN II cervical intraepithelial neoplasia II, CIN cervical intraepithelial neoplasia III
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