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Table 6 Detection of hrHPV mRNA categorized by age group

From: High-risk human papillomavirus detection in self-collected vaginal samples compared with healthcare worker collected cervical samples among women attending gynecology clinics at a tertiary hospital in Pretoria, South Africa

Age category (in years)

Participants per age group

Healthcare worker-sampling

Self-sampling

P-value*

hrHPV mRNA Positive (%)

hrHPV mRNA Negative (%)

hrHPV mRNA Positive (%)

hrHPV mRNA Negative (%)

≤ 29

99

64 (64.6)

35 (35.4)

53 (53.5)

46 (46.5)

0.0614

30–39

84

70 (83.3)

14 (16.7)

52 (61.9)

32 (38.1)

0.0001

40–49

67

61 (91.0)

6 (9.0)

41 (61.2)

26 (38.8)

< 0.0001

50–59

28

23 (82.1)

5 (17.9)

16 (57.1)

12 (42.9)

0.0654

≥ 60

7

6 (85.7)

1 (14.3)

5 (71.4)

2 (28.6)

1.0000

Total

285

224 (78.6)

61 (21.4)

167 (58.6)

118 (41.4)

< 0.0001

  1. *McNemar test for correlated proportions