Table 3 |
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Characteristics of HPV infections according to ethnicity. |
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Tobago N N (%) |
Jamaica N (%) |
US-Black N (%) |
US-White N (%) |
US-other N (%) |
Total N (%) |
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Number of subjects |
212 |
99 |
10 |
67 |
11 |
393 |
|
High-risk HPV infection |
43 (20.3) |
58 (58.6) |
4 (40.0) |
9 (14.5) |
1 (10.0) |
115 (29.3) |
|
Low-risk HPV infection |
15 (7.1) |
25 (25.3) |
4 (40.0) |
4 (6.5) |
1 (10.0) |
49 (12.5) |
|
Undetermined-risk infection |
16 (7.6) |
47 (47.5) |
5 (50.0) |
5 (8.1) |
1 (10.0) |
74 (18.3) |
|
Single high-risk infection* |
49 (23.1) |
40 (40.4) |
5 (50.0) |
10 (16.1) |
1 (10.0) |
105 (26.7) |
|
Multiple high-risk infection |
26 (12.3) |
43 (43.4) |
3 (30.0) |
5 (8.1) |
1 (10.0) |
78 (19.9) |
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Number of high-risk HPV types per subject |
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None** |
169 (79.7) |
41 (41.4) |
6 (60.0) |
53 (85.5) |
9 (90.0) |
278 (70.7) |
|
1 |
33 (15.6) |
34 (34.3) |
3 (30.0) |
7 (11.3) |
1 (10.0) |
78 (19.9) |
|
2 |
7 (3.3) |
11 (11.1) |
1 (10.0) |
2 (3.2) |
0 (0.0) |
21 (5.3) |
|
3 |
2 (0.9) |
7 (7.1) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
9 (2.3) |
|
4 |
1 (0.5) |
2 (2.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
3 (0.8) |
|
5 |
0 (0.0) |
3 (3.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
3 (0.8) |
|
6 |
0 (0.0) |
1 (1.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.3) |
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*Includes subjects infected with low-risk and undetermined-risk HPV types; **Includes subjects that were HPV-negative or had only low-risk HPV infections. |
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Ragin et al. Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S9 doi:10.1186/1750-9378-4-S1-S9 |
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