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Table 1 Univariate analysis of factors associated with HR-HPV load

From: Analysis of influencing factors of viral load in patients with high-risk human papillomavirus

Variables

Parameters

Number of patients (%)

Simple endocervical sampling

Combination of endo-and ectocervical sampling

Mean (SD) of log10 transformed viral load

rs-valuea

P-value

Mean (SD) of log10 transformed viral load

rs-valuea

P-value

Age (years)

20–29

52 (19.0)

0.57 (± 0.62)

0.417

0.001

0.76 (± 0.61)

0.349

0.001

30–39

91 (33.3)

0.92 (± 0.73)

  

1.11 (± 0.67)

  

40–49

99 (36.3)

1.16 (± 0.78)

  

1.29 (± 0.78)

  

50–59

25 (9.2)

1.41 (± 0.69)

  

1.63 (± 0.72)

  

60–69

6 (2.2)

2.52 (± 0.13)

  

2.56 (± 0.17)

  

Lesion severity

Negative

90 (33.0)

0.79 (± 0.39)

0.371

0.002

0.88 (± 0.35)

0.424

 < 0.001

LSIL

93 (34.1)

0.87 (± 0.91)

  

1.03 (± 0.89)

  

HSIL/CC

90 (33.0)

1.41 (± 0.81)

  

1.66 (± 0.70)

  

Multiple HPV types

No

200 (73.3)

0.92 (± 0.71)

0.198

0.060

1.08 (± 0.65)

0.237

0.024

Yes

73 (26.7)

1.29 (± 0.93)

  

1.48 (± 0.95)

  

Area of lesions (cm2)

0.0–0.49

174 (63.7)

0.95 (± 0.74)

0.292

0.017

1.04 (± 0.70)

0.364

 < 0.001

0.5–0.99

46 (16.8)

1.03 (± 0.72)

  

1.22 (± 0.69)

  

1.0–1.49

24 (8.8)

0.93 (± 0.82)

  

1.41 (± 0.75)

  

1.5–1.99

6 (2.2)

1.64 (± 0.94)

  

1.80 (± 0.77)

  

2.0–2.49

10 (3.7)

1.76 (± 0.86)

  

1.90 (± 0.73)

  

2.5–2.99

7 (2.6)

0.27 (± 0.14)

  

0.72 (± 0.01)

  

3.0–3.49

6 (2.2)

2.43 (± 0.41)

  

2.89 (± 0.06)

  

Location of lesions (cm)

 ≤ 0.5

125 (68.3)

1.05 (± 0.72)

− 0.017

0.891

1.21 (± 0.65)

− 0.129

0.222

 > 0.5

58 (31.7)

0.90 (± 1.01)

  

1.10 (± 1.09)

  
  1. Negative negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy, LSIL low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, HSIL/CC high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and/or cervical cancer
  2. aSpearman correlation coefficient. SD, standard deviation. Location of lesions, the distance between the external orifice of the uterus and the below bound of the lesions. ≤ 0.5 cm, involvement of the area bounded below by the ectocervix within a 0.5-cm radius of the external orifice of the uterus; > 0.5 cm, involvement of the area bounded below by the ectocervix over a 0.5-cm radius of the external orifice of the uterus. Multiple HPV types, at least two or more genotypes of HR-HPV infection