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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Improving cervical cancer screening participation by introducing HPV vaginal self-sampling to women living with HIV in Denmark– a pilot study

Variables

hrHPV self-test

(participants)

No hrHPV self-test

(non-participants)

p-value

 

n = 40

n = 60

 

Age (years) at inclusion (median) (IQR)

51.5 (42.3–56.0)

49.0 (44.3–55.0)

0.5

Age range at inclusion, n (%)

  

0.4

 23–40 years

7 (17.5)

7 (11.7)

 

 41–64 years

33 (82.5)

53 (88.3)

 

Time (years) since HIV diagnosis, (median) (IQR)

15 (12.0–24.0)

16 (11.0–21.0)

0.8

Time range since HIV diagnosis, n (%)

  

0.6

 0–10 years

7 (17.5)

14 (23.3)

 

 11–20 years

20 (50.0)

31 (51.7)

 

 > 20 years

13 (32.5)

15 (25.0)

 

Caucasians (ethnicity), n (%)

15 (37.5)

18 (30.0)

0.8

Time (years) since last CC screening, (median) (IQR)

3 (2.0–6.0)

4 (2.0–8.0)

0.4

Time range since last CC screening, n (%)

  

0.9

 3–5 years

24 (60.0)

35 (58.3)

 

 > 5 years

9 (22.5)

16 (26.7)

 

 Never screened

7 (17.5)

9 (15.0)

 

Quantitative HIV RNA range, n (%)

  

0.6

 Undetectable

35 (87.5)

54 (90)

 

 < 50 copies/ml

3 (7.5)

5 (8.3)

 

 > 50 copies/ml

2 (5.0)

1 (2.7)

 
  1. did not respond to the invitation as these groups did not differ in terms of age distribution, time since HIV diagnosis, ethnicity, CC screening history, and quantitative HIV RNA levels (data not tabulated)