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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics per HR-HPV status at baseline and at follow-up

From: Is stress related to the presence and persistence of oncogenic human papillomavirus infection in young women?

 

HR-HPV at baseline

P-value

 

HR-HPV at follow-up

P-value

 

No (n = 140; control group; 1)

No (n = 41; cortisol-control group; 2)

Yes (n = 48; 3)

1 vs. 3

2 vs. 3

No (n = 26)

Yes (n = 16)

 

Age (years), M ± SEM

24.9 ± .26

23.8 ± .44

25.1 ± .44

.63

.043

26.4 ± .62

26.2 ± .71

.81

BMI (kg/m2), M ± SEM

21.8 ± .25

21.2 ± .37

21.6 ± .51

.73

.55

21.6 ± .63

21.0 ± .51

.50

Employment, n (%)

   

.77

.25

  

.17

Yes

105 (75%)

27 (65.9%)

37 (77.1%)

  

23 (88.5%)

16 (100%)

No

35 (25%)

14 (34.1%)

11 (22.9%)

  

3 (11.5%)

0

Hormonal contraceptive use, n (%)

87 (62.2%)

26 (63%)

32 (67%)

.58

.75

17 (65%)

10 (62%)

.85

Age at onset of sexual intercourse, M ± SEM

17.1 ± .17

17.2 ± .33

16.6 ± .27

.13

.15

16.3 ± .35

16.8 ± .46

.42

Marital status, n (%)

   

.86

.90

  

.063

Single

38 (27.1%)

7 (17.1%)

18 (37.5%)

  

8 (30.8%)

2 (12.5%)

 

Relationship

95 (67.9%)

34 (82.9%)

26 (54.2%)

  

18 (69.2%)

12 (75%)

 

Married

7 (5%)

0

3 (6.2%)

  

0

2 (12.5%)

 

Widowed

0

0

1 (2.1%)

  

0

0

 

Total number of sexual partners, M ± SEM

7.1 ± 7.4

5.5 ± 5.6

10.8 ± 8.4

.005

.001

13.9 ± 13.1

8.9 ± 6.0

.16

Smoker, n (%)

43 (30.7%)

15 (36.6%)

25 (52.1%)

.008

.143

17 (65.4%)

5 (31.3%)

.075

Cigarettes per month, M ± SEM

106.4 ± 152.7

64.7 ± 116.2

128.1 ± 111.5

.54

.095

128.8 ± 125.1

99.2 ± 77.6

.63

Sleep quality (PSQI), M ± SEM

9.55 ± 1.93

9.39 ± 2.21

9.96 ± 2.13

.23

.23

4.77 ± 2.77

4.25 ± 1.69

.50

  1. Notes. BMI body mass index, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, global PSQI score (min. Score: 0, max. Score: 21)