Human papillomavirus prevalence, viral load and pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix in women initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 HPV viral load and cervical cytology

Cervical cytology	N	Median HPV Viral load in RLU^a (interquartile range)
Normal	33	1.19 (0.19 – 14.30)
	17	14.3 (3.28 – 190.06)
ASCUS	15	48.19 (0.59 – 218.51)
	11	90.27 (33.59 – 232.08)
LSIL	39	308.33 (54.31 – 1259.64)
	37	365.49 (82.06 – 1259.64)
HSIL	10	594.55 (177.5 – 1504.88)
	10	594.55 (177.5 – 1504.88)
For HC2 all samples: P_trend < 0.0001
For HC2 positives only: P _trend = 0.002

^aViral load in regular types represents viral load from all samples with HC2 testing and in italics from the HC2 positive samples only
HPV, human papillomavirus; HC2, Hybrid Capture 2; RLU, relative light units; ASCUS, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; LSIL, low grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions

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