Table 1 Characteristics of patients studied according normal and abnormal cytology status
Normal cytology | Abnormal cytology | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | N | % | N | % | p-value | |
Total | 100 | 50 | 100 | 50 | 100 | |
Age (years) | 0.516 | |||||
18–27 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.0 | |
28–37 | 42 | 25 | 50.0 | 17 | 34.0 | |
38–47 | 40 | 15 | 30.0 | 25 | 50.0 | |
48–57 | 12 | 7 | 14.0 | 5 | 10.0 | |
58–67 | 4 | 2 | 4.0 | 2 | 4.0 | |
Number of sexual partners | 0.450 | |||||
1 to 5 | 84 | 44 | 88.0 | 40 | 80.0 | |
6 to 10 | 11 | 5 | 10.0 | 6 | 12.0 | |
> 10 | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 6.0 | |
Without data | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.0 | |
Oral sex | 0.094 | |||||
Yes | 66 | 29 | 58.0 | 37 | 74.0 | |
No | 34 | 21 | 42.0 | 13 | 26.0 | |
Anal sex | 0.629 | |||||
Yes | 33 | 16 | 32.0 | 17 | 34.0 | |
No | 67 | 34 | 68.0 | 33 | 66.0 | |
Pregnancies | 0.597 | |||||
0 | 19 | 12 | 24.0 | 7 | 14.0 | |
1 to 5 | 78 | 36 | 72.0 | 42 | 84.0 | |
6 to 10 | 3 | 2 | 4.0 | 1 | 2.0 | |
History of STIs | 0.387 | |||||
Yes | 6 | 2 | 4.0 | 4 | 8.0 | |
No | 94 | 48 | 96.0 | 46 | 92.0 | |
Oral lesion | 0.753 | |||||
Yes | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.0 | |
No | 98 | 49 | 98.0 | 49 | 98.0 | |
Use of contraceptive method | 0.234 | |||||
Yes | 69 | 31 | 62.0 | 38 | 76.0 | |
No | 31 | 19 | 38.0 | 12 | 24.0 | |
Tobacco | 0.283 | |||||
Yes | 20 | 7 | 14.0 | 13 | 26.0 | |
No | 80 | 43 | 86.0 | 37 | 74.0 | |
C. trachomatis | 0.013 | |||||
Yes | 49 | 19 | 38.0 | 30 | 60.0 | |
No | 51 | 31 | 42.0 | 20 | 40.0 | |
HPV | 0.041 | |||||
Yes | 27 | 18 | 36.0 | 9 | 18.0 | |
No | 73 | 32 | 64.0 | 41 | 82.0 | |
Co-infection HPV- C. trachomatis | ||||||
Yes | 14 | 7 | 14.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 1.000 |
No | 86 | 43 | 86.0 | 43 | 86.0 | |