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Table 1 Demographic, health and sexual behavior characteristics by ethnicity of 532 women from Amsterdam, the Netherlands

From: A cross-sectional study on the concordance between vaginal HPV DNA detection and type-specific antibodies in a multi-ethnic cohort of women from Amsterdam, the Netherlands – the HELIUS study

 

Dutch

South-Asian Surinamese

African Surinamese

Ghanaian

Moroccan

Turkish

 

Total

N = 98

N = 88

N = 100

N = 68

N = 101

N = 77

 

N = 532

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

P-value

n

%

Age in years

 Median (IQR)

27 (23–31)

27 (23–31)

26 (22–30)

26 (21–30)

27 (23–30)

27 (23–31)

0.46

27 (23–30)

       

 18–22

23

23 %

19

22 %

27

27 %

22

32 %

20

20 %

16

21 %

0.98

127

24 %

 23–26

24

24 %

21

24 %

25

25 %

16

24 %

28

28 %

17

22 %

 

131

25 %

 27–30

26

27 %

26

30 %

25

25 %

15

22 %

28

28 %

24

31 %

 

144

27 %

 31–34

25

26 %

22

25 %

23

23 %

15

22 %

25

25 %

20

26 %

 

130

24 %

Educationa

 Low/Intermediate

28

29 %

56

64 %

67

68 %

50

75 %

66

65 %

58

75 %

<0.001

325

61 %

 High

70

71 %

32

36 %

32

32 %

17

25 %

35

35 %

19

25 %

 

205

39 %

Marital status

 Married/Cohabitating

30

31 %

29

33 %

13

13 %

14

21 %

39

39 %

36

47 %

<0.001

161

30 %

 Never married

68

69 %

54

61 %

86

86 %

53

78 %

52

51 %

35

45 %

 

348

65 %

 Divorced

0

0 %

5

6 %

1

1 %

1

1 %

10

10 %

6

8 %

 

23

4 %

Smoking status

 Never

47

48 %

61

69 %

63

64 %

66

97 %

81

80 %

36

47 %

<0.001

354

67 %

 Former

20

20 %

8

9 %

11

11 %

2

3 %

6

6 %

10

13 %

 

57

11 %

 Current

31

32 %

19

22 %

25

25 %

0

0 %

14

14 %

31

40 %

 

120

23 %

Smoking in pack years

 Never

47

48 %

61

69 %

63

64 %

66

97 %

81

80 %

36

47 %

<0.001

354

67 %

  < 2 pack years

24

25 %

14

16 %

22

22 %

1

1 %

9

9 %

13

17 %

 

83

16 %

  > 2 pack years

26

27 %

13

15 %

14

14 %

1

1 %

11

11 %

27

36 %

 

92

17 %

Age of sexual debut in years

 Median (IQR)b

16 (15–18)

18 (17–20)

17 (15–18)

18 (16–19)

19 (17–22)

20 (18–22)

<0.001

18 (16–20)

       

 Never had sex

5

5 %

14

16 %

8

8 %

18

28 %

33

33 %

15

20 %

<0.001

93

18 %

  ≥ 21

9

9 %

12

14 %

3

3 %

9

14 %

29

29 %

26

34 %

 

88

17 %

 19-20

8

8 %

16

19 %

17

17 %

5

8 %

12

12 %

16

21 %

 

74

14 %

 18-17

27

28 %

29

34 %

27

27 %

19

30 %

13

13 %

14

18 %

 

129

25 %

  ≤ 16

49

50 %

15

17 %

45

45 %

13

20 %

13

13 %

5

7 %

 

140

27 %

Number of lifetime male sexual partners

 Median (IQR)

6 (3–11)

2 (1–4)

5 (2–8)

2 (0–4)

1 (0–1)

1 (1–2)

<0.001

3 (1–7)

       

 Nonec

5

5 %

14

16 %

9

9 %

18

28 %

34

34 %

16

21 %

<0.001

96

18 %

 1

8

8 %

27

31 %

6

6 %

11

17 %

44

44 %

38

50 %

 

134

26 %

 2–5

33

34 %

34

40 %

42

42 %

25

39 %

15

15 %

12

16 %

 

161

31 %

 6–10

25

26 %

9

10 %

26

26 %

8

13 %

4

4 %

9

12 %

 

81

15 %

  ≥ 11

27

28 %

2

2 %

16

16 %

2

3 %

3

3 %

1

1 %

 

51

10 %

Type of sexual contact past 6 months

 Never had sex

5

5 %

14

16 %

8

8 %

18

28 %

33

33 %

15

20 %

<0.001

93

18 %

 No sex

17

17 %

14

16 %

11

11 %

9

14 %

16

16 %

11

14 %

 

78

15 %

 With steady partner only

55

56 %

55

64 %

60

60 %

34

53 %

49

49 %

39

51 %

 

292

56 %

 With casual partnerd

21

21 %

3

3 %

21

21 %

3

5 %

2

2 %

11

14 %

 

61

12 %

  1. IQR, interquartile range
  2. P-values of categorical variables are based on Chi-squared test and p of continuous variables are based on the Kruskal-Wallis test
  3. Missing values for: education, n = 2; age sexual debut, n = 8; lifetime male sexual partners, n = 9; type of sexual partner past 6 months, n = 8; smoking status, n = 1; smoking in pack years, n = 3. a Education was categorized as low or intermediate education if participant had (1) never been to school or had primary schooling only, (2) followed vocational schooling or lower secondary schooling, or (3) followed intermediate/higher secondary education schooling; and was categorized as high education if participant had followed higher vocational schooling or university. bOf those women who reported ever having sex. cThis category includes women who never had sex and those who exclusively had sexual contact with women, therefore this category has a different number than the category “Never had sex” in the variables “Age of sexual debut in years” and “Type of sexual contact past 6 months”. dAnd with or without steady partner
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