Characteristics | Cytological abnormality | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total n (%) | Remission n (%) | Persistence n (%) | p | |
Age (years) | ||||
< 25 | 12 (11.3) | 7 (11.7) | 5 (10.9) | 0.302 |
25–34 | 21 (19.8) | 9 (15.0) | 12 (26.1) | |
35–44 | 34 (32.1) | 18 (30.0) | 16 (34.8) | |
45–54 | 28 (26.4) | 17 (28.3) | 11 (23.9) | |
≥ 55 | 11 (10.4) | 9 (15.0) | 2 (4.3) | |
Area | ||||
Urban | 97 (91.5) | 54 (90.0) | 43 (93.5) | 0.524 |
Countryside | 9 (8.5) | 6 (10.0) | 3 (6.5) | |
Income per person (US$/month)1 | ||||
< 250 | 70 (74.5) | 40 (72.7) | 30 (76.9) | |
250–500 | 21 (22.3) | 12 (21.8) | 9 (23.1) | 0.333 |
≥ 500 | 3 (3.2) | 3 (5.5) | 0 | |
Education2 | ||||
Elementary school/Illiterate | 44 (45.8) | 23 (41.8) | 21 (51.2) | 0.341 |
High school | 46 (47.9) | 27 (49.1) | 19 (46.3) | |
University | 6 (6.3) | 5 (9.1) | 1 (2.4) | |
Smoker2 | ||||
No | 81 (84.4) | 48 (87.3) | 33 (80.5) | 0.365 |
Yesa | 15 (15.6) | 7 (12.7) | 8 (19.5) | |
Use of alcoholic beverage2 | ||||
No | 39 (40.6) | 22 (40.0) | 17 (41.5) | 0.885 |
Yesa | 57 (59.4) | 33 (60.0) | 24 (58.5) | |
Marital status2 | ||||
Married/Fixed Partner | 77 (80.2) | 40 (72.7) | 37 (90.2) | 0.073 |
Single | 9 (9.4) | 8 (14.5) | 1 (2.4) | |
Widow/Divorced | 10 (10.4) | 7 (12.7) | 3 (7.3) | |
Age at first vaginal intercourse (years)1 | ||||
< 18 | 41 (43.6) | 25 (45.5) | 16 (41.0) | 0.670 |
≥ 18 | 53 (56.4) | 30 (54.5) | 23 (59.0) | |
Lifetime sexual partners2 | ||||
1 | 23 (23.9) | 13 (23.6) | 10 (24.4) | 0.936 |
2 | 18 (18.8) | 11 (20.0) | 7 (17.1) | |
≥ 3 | 55 (57.3) | 31 (56.4) | 24 (58.5) | |
Use of hormonal contraceptive2 | ||||
No | 61 (63.5) | 39 (70.9) | 22 (53.7) | 0.082 |
Yes | 35 (36.5) | 16 (29.1) | 19 (46.3) | |
Pregnancies2 | ||||
0 | 15 (15.6) | 9 (16.4) | 6 (14.6) | 0.130 |
1 | 19 (19.8) | 14 (25.5) | 5 (12.2) | |
2 | 26 (27.1) | 10 (18.2) | 16 (39.0) | |
3 | 22 (22.9) | 12 (21.8) | 10 (24.4) | |
≥ 4 | 14 (14.6) | 10 (18.2) | 4 (9.8) | |
HPV infection | 52 (49.1) | |||
Negative | 54 (50.9) | 37 (61.7) | 15 (32.6) | 0.003 |
Positive | 23 (38.3) | 31 (67.4) |