Prevalence of HPV high and low risk types in cervical samples from the Italian general population: a population based study

Table 2 Distribution of HPV types by age and centres

		Rome		Campania		Abruzzo		Sicily		Sardinia		All
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
All age		803	100.0	755	100	800	100.0	782	100	727	100	3867	100
	<25*	1	0.1	31	4.1	0	0.0	5	0.6	9	1.2	46	1.2
	25-34	144	17.9	173	22.9	181	22.6	130	16.6	238	32.7	866	22.4
	35-44	258	32.1	241	31.9	255	31.9	295	37.7	245	33.7	1294	33.5
	45-54	265	33.0	241	31.9	241	30.1	221	28.3	173	23.8	1141	29.5
	55-64	134	16.7	67	8.9	123	15.4	130	16.6	62	8.5	516	13.3
	65+*	1	0.1	2	0.3	0	0.0	1	0.1	0	0.0	4	0.1
25-64 years		801		722		800		776		718		3817
	HR+ only	55	6.9	61	8.4	51	6.4	47	6.1	79	11.0	293	7.7
	LR+ only	9	1.1	25	3.5	17	2.1	27	3.5	25	3.5	103	2.7
	HR & LR+	1	0.1	7	1.0	15	1.9	11	1.4	23	3.2	57	1.5
types
	6	1	0.1	2	0.3	5	0.6	9	1.2	7	1.0	24	0.6
	11	2	0.2	1	0.1	4	0.5	0	0.0	4	0.6	11	0.3
	16	17	2.1	19	2.6	23	2.9	20	2.6	29	4.0	108	2.8
	18	5	0.6	2	0.3	3	0.4	1	0.1	7	1.0	18	0.5
	26	2	0.2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	0.1
	31	11	1.4	7	1.0	10	1.3	4	0.5	9	1.3	41	1.1
	33	4	0.5	5	0.7	1	0.1	3	0.4	6	0.8	19	0.5
	35	5	0.6	1	0.1	0	0.0	7	0.9	5	0.7	18	0.5
	39	2	0.2	1	0.1	4	0.5	4	0.5	6	0.8	17	0.4
	40	0	0.0	1	0.1	3	0.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	0.1
	42	0	0.0	5	0.7	4	0.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	0.2
	43	0	0.0	1	0.1	4	0.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	0.1
	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.1	0	0.0	1	0.0
	45	5	0.6	1	0.1	6	0.8	0	0.0	2	0.3	14	0.4
	51	4	0.5	3	0.4	2	0.3	6	0.8	17	2.4	32	0.8
	52	4	0.5	4	0.6	3	0.4	5	0.6	7	1.0	23	0.6
	53	1	0.1	4	0.6	1	0.1	5	0.6	10	1.4	21	0.6
	54	0	0.0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.1
	56	3	0.4	4	0.6	4	0.5	2	0.3	11	1.5	24	0.6
	58	4	0.5	5	0.7	2	0.3	5	0.6	6	0.8	22	0.6
	59	1	0.1	0	0.0	4	0.5	5	0.6	4	0.6	14	0.4
	66	3	0.4	5	0.7	4	0.5	4	0.5	10	1.4	26	0.7
	68	0	0.0	2	0.3	5	0.6	1	0.1	3	0.4	11	0.3
	70	1	0.1	1	0.1	1	0.1	1	0.1	1	0.1	5	0.1
	73	1	0.1	2	0.3	1	0.1	0	0.0	3	0.4	7	0.2
	81	0	0.0	1	0.1	2	0.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0.1
	82	0	0.0	1	0.1	1	0.1	1	0.1	1	0.1	4	0.1
not typed
	HR+	0	0.0	22	3.0	2	0.3	4	0.5	6	0.8	34	0.9
	LR+	7	0.9	14	1.9	6	0.8	19	2.4	21	2.9	67	1.8
co-infections HR
	2	9	1.1	11	1.5	15	1.9	19	2.4	26	3.6	80	2.1
	3	3	0.4	5	0.7	0	0.0	1	0.1	6	0.8	15	0.4
	4	1	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.1	2	0.1

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