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Table 1 Between-visit correlation coefficients of HPV type-specific and combined viral load measurements at entry and follow-up visits in the McGill-Concordia cohort.

From: Human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16, 18, 31, 45 DNA loads and HPV-16 integration in persistent and transient infections in young women

  

Correlation coefficient with visit at

HPV type

Visit at

6 months

12 months

18 months

24 months

16

Entry

0.5232* (30)

0.3181 (20)

0.2046 (14)

0.4583 (6)

 

6 months

 

0.7561** (27)

0.6764** (21)

0.4282 (10)

 

12 months

  

0.8295** (30)

0.5810* (17)

 

18 months

   

0.8043** (24)

18

Entry

0.0103 (10)

0.5481 (5)

ND

ND

 

6 months

 

0.3132 (11)

0.6612 (5)

0.2290 (4)

 

12 months

  

0.0173 (8)

0.1732 (6)

 

18 months

   

0.1655 (8)

31

Entry

0.9562** (6)

0.4242 (5)

0.5133 (5)

0.2410 (3)

 

6 months

 

0.2427 (6)

0.8063* (5)

0.5138 (5)

 

12 months

  

0.1930 (11)

0.3575 (7)

 

18 months

   

0.7289* (12)

45

Entry

0.3648 (6)

ND

ND

ND

 

6 months

 

0.7376 (3)

ND

ND

 

12 months

 

ND

0.9745 (3)

ND

 

18 months

   

ND

Above HPV types combined

Entry

0.4122* (53)

0.4044* (37)

0.3769* (23)

0.6103* (12)

 

6 months

 

0.6190** (49)

0.6126** (36)

0.2280 (22)

 

12 months

  

0.5752** (49)

0.1391 (33)

 

18 Months

   

0.4116* (44)

  1. HPV loads were measured with type-specific PCR assays and expressed as logarithmic transformation before computing correlations. Pearson correlation coefficients are shown with number of visit pairs jointly positive for the stated type or combination in parenthesis. ND: not determined because only 2 pairs were evaluable.
  2. * denotes significance at 5% level of significance; ** denotes significance at 1% level of statistical significance.