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Table 3 Prevalence of hr-HPV types and hr-HPV E6/E7 mRNA in women attending gynecology clinics for different reasons

From: High prevalence of and factors associated with human papillomavirus infection among women attending a tertiary hospital in Gauteng Province, South Africa

  

Overall

Overall hr-HPV DNA prevalence

p-value for between the -group test

Overall hr-HPV E6/E7 mRNA prevalence

p-value for between the -group test

Characteristic

Category

n

%

n

row %

 

n

row %

 

n

 

526

 

253

48.1

 

213/253

84.2

 

Reason for visit

Routine Pap smear

232

44.1

78

33.6

<0.0001 (V=0.33)

58/78

74.4

0.0001 (V=0.29)

LLETZ

87

16.5

69

79.3

67/69

97.1

Termination of pregnancy

87

16.5

46

52.9

34/46

73.9

Review with Pap smear after LLETZ

57

10.8

30

52.6

26/30

86.7

Colposcopy

33

6.3

18

54.5

18/18

100.0

Family planning

30

5.7

12

40.0

10/12

83.3