Table 4 Prevalence of and factors associated with hr-HPV infection
Characteristics | Total | HR-HPV prevalence | Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n (%) | PR (95% CI) | p-value | PR (95% CI) | p-value | |
Age (years) | ||||||
 18–29 | 151 | 86 (57.0) | 1.00 |  |  |  |
 30–39 | 172 | 78 (45.6) | 0.80 (0.65–0.99) | 0.043 |  |  |
 40–49 | 121 | 59 (48.8) | 0.86 (0.68–1.08) | 0.18 |  |  |
 50–59 | 61 | 23 (37.7) | 0.66 (0.47–0.94) | 0.021 |  |  |
 60 +  | 19 | 7 (36.8) | 0.65 (0.35–1.18) | 0.16 |  |  |
Marital status | ||||||
 Single | 354 | 196 (55.4) | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
 Married | 126 | 39 (31.0) | 0.56 (0.42–0.74) |  < 0.0001 | 0.61 (0.47–0.81) | 0.0006 |
 Divorced/Widowed/Separated | 46 | 18 (39.1) | 0.71 (0.49–1.03) | 0.068 | 0.79 (0.54–1.14) | 0.20 |
Employment status | ||||||
 Employed | 237 | 85 (35.9) | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
 Unemployed | 289 | 168 (58.1) | 1.68 (1.33–1.97) |  < 0.0001 | 1.50 (1.23–1.83) |  < 0.0001 |
Place of residence | ||||||
 Rural | 12 | 5 (41.7) | 0.85 (0.43–1.66) | 0.63 |  |  |
 Semi-urban | 447 | 220 (49.2) | 1.00 |  |  |  |
 Semi-rural | 63 | 28 (44.4) | 0.90 (0.67–1.21) | 0.49 |  |  |
Number of children | ||||||
 None | 92 | 44 (47.8) | 1.00 |  |  |  |
 1 or 2 | 302 | 148 (49.0) | 1.02 (0.80–1.31) | 0.84 |  |  |
 3 or 4 | 118 | 56 (47.5) | 0.99 (0.75–1.32) | 0.96 |  |  |
 5 and more | 14 | 5 (35.7) | 0.75 (0.36–1.56) | 0.44 |  |  |
Present sexual activity status | ||||||
 Not active | 106 | 57 (53.8) | 1.00 |  |  |  |
 Active | 420 | 196 (46.7) | 0.87 (0.71–1.06) | 0.17 |  |  |
Number of current sexual partners | ||||||
 None | 100 | 55 (55.0) | 1.00 |  |  |  |
 1 | 392 | 178 (45.4) | 0.83 (0.67–1.02) | 0.071 |  |  |
 2 or more | 34 | 20 (58.8) | 1.07 (0.77–1.49) | 0.69 |  |  |
Number of past sexual partners over 12Â months | ||||||
 None | 99 | 52 (52.5) | 1.00 |  |  |  |
 1 | 214 | 91 (42.5) | 0.81 (0.63–1.03) | 0.089 |  |  |
 2 | 76 | 43 (56.6) | 1.08 (0.82–1.41) | 0.59 |  |  |
 3 | 67 | 32 (47.8) | 0.91 (0.67–1.24) | 0.55 |  |  |
 4 or more | 70 | 35 (50.0) | 0.95 (0.71–1.28) | 0.75 |  |  |
Use of contraceptives | ||||||
 Not using | 374 | 180 (48.1) | 1.00 |  |  |  |
 Using | 152 | 73 (48.0) | 1.00 (0.82–1.21) | 0.98 |  |  |
Period of contraceptive use | ||||||
 6 months | 33 | 19 (57.6) | 1.20 (0.88–1.63) | 0.26 |  |  |
 12 months | 25 | 10 (40.0) | 0.83 (0.51–1.36) | 0.46 |  |  |
 24 months | 34 | 16 (47.1) | 0.98 (0.67–1.42) | 0.91 |  |  |
 more than 24 months | 60 | 28 (46.7) | 0.97 (0.73–1.30) | 0.84 |  |  |
 N/A | 374 | 180 (48.1) | 1.00 |  |  |  |
Pregnant | ||||||
 Not pregnant | 427 | 202 (47.3) | 1.00 |  |  |  |
 Pregnant | 90 | 46 (51.1) | 1.08 (0.86–1.35) | 0.50 |  |  |
 Don’t know | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |