Association between common vaginal and HPV infections and results of cytology test in the Zhoupu District, Shanghai City, China, from 2014 to 2019

Table 4 Characteristics of 1265 women with both HPV and vaginal infections

	HPV-positive	HPV-negative	P-value	OR (95% CIs)
Age (years old)
Mean (SD)	38.5(11.6)	38.6(11.9)
Median (Min, Max)	36(18–69)	36(16–83)
< = 30	109(44.9%)	434(42.5%)	0.0516	1.3(1.1–1.6)
30–40	51(21%)	303(29.6%)	0.0624	0.9(0.7–1.2)
> = 40	83(34.2%)	285(27.9%)	0.2378	1.5(1.2–1.9)
TCT
Normal	223(91.8%)	999(97.7%)	0.0000	0.3(0.2–0.5)
Abnormal	20(8.2%)	23(2.3%)
Pathology
CIN	7(2.9%)	0(0%)	0.0000
Cervical cancer	0	0(0%)
Highly-suspected precancerous lesions	13(5.3%)	22(2.2%)

0.0000: There was a significant difference in abnormal TCT results between the HPV-positive group and the HPV-negative group, 0.0000: The number of women diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical cancer with HPV and vaginal infections was higher than that of women without HPV/vaginal infections (P<0.001)
OR (95% CIs), Odd Ratio (95% Confidence Intervals)

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