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Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4

Table 5

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Table 1

Variables	Categories	Number	Proportion (%)
Age groups	30–34	200	26.6
	35 – 39	175	23.2
	40–44	141	18.7
	45–49	85	11.3
	50–54	56	7.45
	55+	95	12.63
Years of Education	≤7	193	25.66
	8 – 12	158	21.01
	13 – 15	133	17.68
	>15	172	22.87
	No data:	96	12.76
Marital status	Married	516	68.62
	Single	157	20.88
	Divorced/ Separated	16	2.13
	Widowed	52	6.91
Age at first Coitus	≤17	204	40,80
	18 – 20	215	43,00
	21+	81	16,20

The most representation occupations were traders (22.8%), homemakers (18%) and teachers (17.24%)
Table 1 : Socio-demographic data: Age, education, marital status and age at first coitus

Table 2

Occupation	Number	Proportion (%)
Hair Dresser	31	4.12
Sex Worker	1	0.13
Housewife	137	18.22
Farmer	37	4.92
Health Care Worker	28	3.72
Secretary	17	2.26
Trader	173	23.01
Teacher	129	17.15
Student	18	2.39
Seamstress	42	5.59
Domestic Worker	18	2.39
Others	108	14.36
No data	13	1.73

Others = Civil servants, Pastors, lawyers
Table 2 : Distribution of participants as per occupation (N = 752)

Table 3

Variables	Categories	Number	Proportion (%)
Parity	≤ 2	291	38.04
	3-4	260	33.99
	5-6	156	20.39
	7+	58	7.58
HIV status	Positive	133	17.69
	Negative	579	76.99
	Unknown	40	5.32
HIV positive on treatment	Yes	100	75
HIV positive on treatment	No	33	25

Table 3 : Obstetric and medical parameters of participants

Table 4

HPV sample type	HPV Positive (n=315)	HPV negative (n=437)	RR (CI)	P value
Self-collected (n=630)	268 (42.54%)	362 (57.46%)	1.10 ( 0.87-1.41)	0,4217
Provider collected (n=122)	47 (38.52%)	75 (61.48%)	1.10 ( 0.87-1.41)	0,4217

There was a small difference in terms of HR HPV prevalence between self-collected and provider-collected samples with a relative risk of HR HPV positivity for self-collection slightly greater than one. This was however not statistically significant (P value = 0.4107)
Table 4 : High-risk HPV DNA testing with respect to sampling type

Table 5

Predictor Variable	Categories	HPV positive	HPV Negative	RR (95%CI)	P value
Age at first coitus	≤ 17 years	91 (44.61%)	113 (55.39%)	1.10 (0.90-1.35)	0.3629
Age at first coitus	18 years +	120 (40.54%)	176 (59.46%)	1.10 (0.90-1.35)	0.3629
Parity	≤ 2	132 (45.83%)	156 (44.17%)	1.16 (0.98-1.38)	0.0810
Parity	3+	183 (39.44%)	281 (60.56%)	1.16 (0.98-1.38)	0.0810
HIV Status	Positive	91 (68.42%)	42 (31.58%)	1.88 (1.60-2.20)	0.00001
HIV Status	Negative	211(36.44%)	368 (63.56%)	1.88 (1.60-2.20)	0.00001
Marital status	Married	209 (40.50%)	307 (59.50%)	0.90 (0.76-1.08)	0.2490
Marital status	Single	106 (44.92%)	130 (55.08%)	0.90 (0.76-1.08)	0.2490
Level of education	< 8 years	80 (39.60%)	122 (60.40%)	0.91 (0.74-1.11)	0.3444
Level of education	≥ 8 years	198 (43.61%)	256 (56.39%)	0.91 (0.74-1.11)	0.3444

Age at sexarche (first coitus) less than 18 years, parity of three or greater, marital status and level of education below eight years were not associated with a higher risk of HR HPV infection. HR HPV prevalence among HIV positive women was 68.4% against 36.4% amongst HIV negative women
Table 5 : Factors and their influence on HPV infection

FIGURE 1

Figure 1: Distribution of HR HPV types among infected women (single serotype and coinfections)