A prospective study of absolute risk and determinants of human papillomavirus incidence among young women in Costa Rica

BACKGROUND: High risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV) are known to be extremely common, sexually transmitted infections, but more information is needed regarding the absolute risks of type-specific HR-HPV infections in the years following sexual debut.

METHODS: We conducted a survival analysis of 3,737 women aged 18-25 from the control group of the Costa Rican Vaccine trial to determine the absolute risks of HR-HPV infections at 12 months, 24 months, and end of follow-up (average of 50.7 months). To corroborate determinants of infection, we used Cox proportional hazards methods to assess associations between demographics and sexual risk behaviors and incident HR-HPV.

RESULTS: Cumulative incidence for HR-HPV infections was 51.3% at the end of the study period. The most common incident types were HPV52 (15.4%), HPV51 (13.6%), and HPV16 (12.4%). Type-specific cumulative incidence corresponded closely with type-specific prevalences, except that HPV16 was more prevalent than predicted by incidence, suggesting greater persistence. The strongest predictors of incident HR-HPV infections as a group in a multivariate analysis were the expected correlates of sexual behavior of the woman and her partner, such as being single (HR 1.6, 95% CI 1.4-1.8) or divorced/widowed (HR: 2.1, 95% CI: 1.7-2.7), having multiple HPV infections at enrollment (HR: 1.5, 95% CI: 1.3-1.7), and current smoking (HR: 1.2, 95% CI: 1.0-1.3). In women who reported being having only one lifetime sexual partner (being in a monogamous relationship), the strongest predictors of HR-HPV included not living with sex partner (HR: 2.1, 95% CI 1.7-2.5) and age of sex partner (HR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.0-1.8).

CONCLUSION: We confirm the extremely high incidence of HR-HPV in young women, emphasizing the importance of vaccinating young girls before sexual debut.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

BMC infectious diseases - 13(2013) vom: 08. Juli, Seite 308

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Clarke, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Schiffman, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Wacholder, Sholom [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Ana Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Hildesheim, Allan [VerfasserIn]
Quint, Wim [VerfasserIn]
Costa Rican Vaccine Trial Group [VerfasserIn]
Alfaro, Mario [Sonstige Person]
Barrantes, Manuel [Sonstige Person]
Bratti, M Concepcion [Sonstige Person]
Cárdenas, Fernando [Sonstige Person]
Cortés, Bernal [Sonstige Person]
Espinoza, Albert [Sonstige Person]
Estrada, Yenory [Sonstige Person]
Gonzalez, Paula [Sonstige Person]
Guillén, Diego [Sonstige Person]
Herrero, Rolando [Sonstige Person]
Jimenez, Silvia E [Sonstige Person]
Morales, Jorge [Sonstige Person]
Morera, Lidia Ana [Sonstige Person]
Pérez, Elmer [Sonstige Person]
Porras, Carolina [Sonstige Person]
Rodriguez, Ana Cecilia [Sonstige Person]
Villegas, Maricela [Sonstige Person]
Freer, Enrique [Sonstige Person]
Bonilla, Jose [Sonstige Person]
Silva, Sandra [Sonstige Person]
Atmella, Ivannia [Sonstige Person]
Ramírez, Margarita [Sonstige Person]
Macklin, Nora [Sonstige Person]
Hildesheim, Allan [Sonstige Person]
Lowy, Douglas R [Sonstige Person]
Schiffman, Mark [Sonstige Person]
Schiller, John T [Sonstige Person]
Sherman, Mark [Sonstige Person]
Solomon, Diane [Sonstige Person]
Wacholder, Sholom [Sonstige Person]
Pinto, Ligia [Sonstige Person]
Garcia-Pineres, Alfonso [Sonstige Person]
Eklund, Claire [Sonstige Person]
Hutchinson, Martha [Sonstige Person]
Quint, Wim [Sonstige Person]
van Doorn, Leen-Jan [Sonstige Person]
Bougelet, Catherine [Sonstige Person]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

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Date Completed 03.03.2014

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00128661

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/1471-2334-13-308

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM228981468