Evaluation Frequency of Human Papillomavirus and Its Related Genotypes in Women of the General Population Living in 11 Provinces of Iran

Table 1

Characteristics in HPV positive and negative patients.

Characteristics	Overall; N = 2562	HPV positive; N = 108 (4.2%)	HPV negative; N = 2454 (95.8%)	value	OR	CI 95%
Age (mean ± SD)	35.6 ± 10.9	34.5 ± 10.2	35.6 ± 10.9	0.38	—	—
Age group, years
15–24; 25–34; 35–44; 44–55; ≥55	458; 820; 673; 459; 149	22 (4.8); 37 (4.5); 28 (4.2); 13 (2.8); 5 (3.4)	436 (95.2); 783 (95.5); 645 (95.8); 446 (97.2); 144 (96.6)	0.56	—	—
First menstrual age	13	14	13	0.36	—	—
First menstrual age	18	18.5	18	0.87	—	—
Province
Hormozgan; Ardabil; Yazd; Isfahan; East Azerbaijan; Semnan; Qazvin; Khuzestan; Kurdistan; Kerman; Guilan	232; 377; 226; 274; 125; 231; 225; 303; 205; 176; 257	22 (9.5); 18 (4.8); 7 (3.1); 6 (2.2); 5 (4.0); 7 (3.0); 7 (3.0); 9 (3.0); 5 (2.4); 8 (4.5); 14 (5.4)	210 (90.5); 359 (95.2); 219 (96.9); 268 (97.8); 120 (96.0); 224 (97.0); 224 (97.0); 294 (97.0); 200 (97.6); 168 (95.5); 243 (94.6)	0.004	—	—
Education
Uneducated; Primary; Secondary; Educated	514; 1166; 604; 279	13 (2.5); 55 (4.7); 23 (3.8); 15 (5.4)	501 (97.5); 1111 (95.3); 581 (96.2); 264 (94.6)	0.13	—	—
Employment status; Housekeeper; Occupied	2300; 260	89 (3.9); 17 (6.5)	2211 (96.1); 244 (93.5)	0.042	1.73	1.01–2.96
Marital status
Married; Widow; Divorced	2461; 69; 18	97 (3.9); 5 (7.2); 2 (11.1)	2364 (96.1); 64 (92.8); 16 (88.9)	0.12	—	—
Abortion history
Yes; No	650; 1915	23 (3.5); 83 (4.3)	627 (96.5); 1832 (95.7)	0.38	0.81	0.51–1.29
Stillbirth history
Yes; No	109; 2458	5 (4.6); 101 (4.1)	104 (95.4); 2347 (95.9)	0.81	1.12	0.45–2.81
STD history
Yes; No	21; 2547	1 (9.1); 105 (4.1)	20 (91.9); 2442 (95.9)	0.59 ¥	—	—
Number of pregnancy	3 ± 2	2 ± 2	3 ± 2	0.01	—	—
HPV status
HPV type
High risk; Intermediate risk; Low risk	108	55 (50.9); 23 (21.3); 30 (27.8)	—	—	—	—

Mann–Whitney Test. ¥Fisher’s Exact Test. Abbreviation: HPV: human papillomavirus; SD: standard deviation; STD: sexually transmitted diseases.