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Table 1 Characteristics of healthy women according to hrHPV status

From: LINE-1 hypermethylation in white blood cell DNA is associated with high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Characteristics

hrHPV+ (n = 32)

hrHPV- (n = 64)

p-value a

Age (mean ± SD)

38.50 ± 9.54

42.39 ± 9.47

0.061

Smoking status (current)

50.0%

28.1%

0.035

BMI (mean ± SD)

22.26 ± 3.93

24.73 ± 5.31

0.022

Nutritional status

 Underweight

15.6%

3.1%

0.030

 Normal weight

68.8%

59.4%

 Overweight

12.5%

20.3%

 Obese

3.1%

17.2%

Parity (≥1 live births)

62.5%

89.1%

0.002

Education level (low)

37.5%

35.9%

0.881

Oral contraceptive use (yes)

12.5%

7.8%

0.458

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, BMI Body Mass Index
  2. aStatistically significant p values (p < 0.05) are indicated in bold font