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Table 1 Associations between sociodemographic variables and serological reactivity for HPV16

From: Determinants of baseline seroreactivity to human papillomavirus type 16 in the Ludwig-McGill cohort study

Characteristic and categories

HPV16 seroreactivity 425/1624 (%)*

OR (95%CI)**

Unadjusted

Adjusted (HPV16 and age)

Age:

   

<25

64/344 (15.7)

1.0

1.0

25-34

161/646 (20.0)

1.33 (0.97-1.84)

1.38 (0.97-1.84)

35-44

136/471 (22.4)

1.55 (1.11-2.15)

1.60 (1.15-2.23)

45+

64/163 (28.2)

2.11 (1.42-3.12)

2.16 (1.45-3.22)

Ethnicity:

   

White

226/900 (20.1)

1.0

1.0

Non-white

139/479 (22.5)

0.87 (0.69-1.08)

0.84 (0.68-1.06)

Marital Status:

   

Single

49/162 (23.2)

1.0

1.0

Married/With partner

330/1339 (19.8)

0.81 (0.58-1.14)

0.76 (0.58-1.14)

Widowed/Separated

46/122 (27.4)

1.24 (0.78-1.98)

1.01 (0.54-1.09)

Education:

   

<Elementary

114/345 (24.8)

1.0

1.0

Elementary

240/964 (19.9)

0.75 (0.58-0.97)

0.81 (0.62-1.05)

High School

63/262 (19.4)

0.72 (0.51-1.02)

0.85 (0.59-1.21)

College/University

8/51 (13.6)

0.47 (0.21-1.03)

0.51 (0.23-1.12)

Income Quartiles:

   

1st Quartile

112/359 (23.8)

1.0

1.0

2nd Quartile

114/431 (20.9)

0.84 (0.63-1.13)

0.88 (0.65-1.18)

3rd Quartile

92/406 (18.5)

0.73 (0.53-0.98)

0.71 (0.52-0.97)

4th Quartile

94/399 (19.1)

0.75 (0.55-1.02)

0.74 (0.54-0.99)

  1. *Frequencies above and below the threshold for the top 20% quintile and percentage with high seroreactivity; **Odds ratios and respective 95% confidence intervals. First category in each variable is the referent.