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Table 2 Distribution of HPV type infection by age group (N = 571)

From: An epidemiological study assessing the prevalence of human papillomavirus types in women in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Age group

Overall (N=571)

16–19 (n’=8)

20–24 (n’=77)

25–34 (n’=246)

35–44 (n’=106)

45–54 (n’=88)

≥55 (n’=46)

n

95% CI (LL–UL)

n

95% CI (LL–UL)

n

95% CI (LL–UL)

n

95% CI (LL–UL)

n

95% CI (LL–UL)

n

95% CI (LL–UL)

n

95% CI (LL–UL)

HPV -

515

90.2 (87.5–92.5)

6

75 (34.9–96.8)

72

93.5 (85.5–97.9)

217

88.2 (83.5–92.0)

97

91.5 (84.5–96.0)

82

93.2 (85.7–97.5)

41

89.1 (76.4–96.4)

HPV +

56

9.8 (7.5–12.5)

2

25 (3.2–65.1)

5

6.5 (2.1–14.5)

29

11.8 (8.0–16.5)

9

8.5 (4.0–15.5)

6

6.8 (2.5–14.3)

5

10.9 (3.6–23.6)

Single infection

28

4.9 (3.3–7.0)

1

12.5 (0.3–52.7)

2

2.6 (0.3–9.1)

14

5.7 (3.1–9.4)

4

3.8 (1.0–9.4)

5

5.7 (1.9–12.8)

2

4.3 (0.5–14.8)

Multiple infection

15

2.6 (1.5–4.3)

1

12.5 (0.3–52.7)

1

1.3 (0–7.0)

7

2.8 (1.2–5.8)

3

2.8 (0.6–8.0)

1

1.1 (0–6.2)

2

4.3 (0.5–14.8)

Infection with unidentifiable HPV type*

13

2.3 (1.2–3.9)

0

0 (0–36.9)

2

2.6 (0.3–9.1)

8

3.3 (1.4–6.3)

2

1.9 (0.2–6.6)

0

0 (0–4.1)

1

2.2 (0.1–11.5)

  1. HPV -: HPV Negative; HPV +: HPV Positive; N: total number of women included in the final analysis; n’: total number of women whose cervical samples were tested in each age strata; n: number of women in a given category; %: n / Number of women with available results × 100; 95% CI: exact 95% confidence interval; LL: Lower limit; UL: Upper limit.