Difference in overall and age-specific prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in Italy: evidence from NTCC trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although among women a decreasing prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection with increasing age has been consistently observed in high-resource countries, different age profiles have been reported elsewhere.

Methods

We compared the age profile of high-risk (HR)-HPV prevalence in nine different areas of Northern and Central Italy by studying the women recruited in the intervention arm of the New Technologies in Cervical Cancer study and tested by Hybrid Capture 2. Differences in the age-distribution of HPV infection were investigated in each centre by the joinpoint approach in a logistic model. 46,900 women aged 25 to 60 years were included in the analysis.

Results

The HR-HPV age-standardised (on Italian population) prevalence ranged from 5.7% (Tren

SUBMITTER: Baussano I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3669053 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature