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Table 2 Life style, Pregnancy and Sexual Characteristics of 6150 HPV FOCAL Participants by Study Arm

From: A randomized controlled trial of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing for cervicalcancer screening: trial design and preliminary results (HPV FOCAL Trial)

 

Arm

 
 

Control (%)

Safety (%)

Intervention (%)

Total (%)

Smoked Regularly (Ever)

790 (41.3%)

746 (37.7%)

764 (40.4%)

2300 (39.8%)

Mean Age of Started Smoking in Years (N = 2300)

16.4

16.6

16.5

16.5

Current Smoker

150 (19.1%)

135 (18.2%)

144 (18.8%)

429 (18.7%)

History of Sexual Intercourse

    

Never sexually active

8 (0.4%)

9 (0.4%)

6 (0.3%)

23 (0.4%)

Mean Age of Sexual Debut in Years (N = 5984)

18.8

18.8

18.7

18.8

Lifetime No. Male Sexual Partners (N = 6013)

    

0

1 (0.1%)

4 (0.2%)

4 (0.2%)

9 (0.1%)

1

420 (21.2%)

429 (20.8%)

422 (21.4%)

1271 (21.1%)

2-5

650 (32.9%)

757 (36.6%)

685 (34.8%)

2092 (34.8%)

6-10

482 (24.4%)

458 (22.2%)

458 (23.3%)

1398 (23.2%)

11-50

391 (19.8%)

393 (19%)

376 (19.1%)

1160 (19.3%)

51-99

22 (1.1%)

23 (1.1%)

22 (1.1%)

67 (1.1%)

99+

11 (0.6%)

3 (0.1%)

2 (0.1%)

16 (0.3%)

Male Sexual Partners in Past Six Months (N = 5990)

    

0

294 (14.9%)

322 (15.6%)

324 (16.6%)

940 (15.7%)

1

1618 (82.1%)

1681 (81.4%)

1586 (81.2%)

4885 (81.6%)

2+

59 (3%)

62 (3%)

44 (2.3%)

165 (2.8%)

History of Pregnancy

    

Ever Pregnant before (N = 6004)

1588 (81.1%)

1654 (79.9%)

1602 (81.1%)

4844 (80.7%)

Mean age at first pregnancy (N = 4844)

26.5

26.5

26.3

26.5

Mean Number of Pregnancies (N = 4844)

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.7

Mean Age of Menarche (N = 6087)

12.8

12.9

12.8

12.8

Oral Contraceptive

    

Ever

1765 (87.4%)

1824 (86.1%)

1743 (86.6%)

5332 (86.7%)

Mean Years on Oral Contraceptives (N = 5332)

9.0

8.9

9.0

9.0

Contraception Method

    

Barrier (Ever)

1550 (76.8%)

1638 (77.3%)

1529 (76%)

4717 (76.7%)

Barrier (Current)

276 (13.7%)

293 (13.8%)

253 (12.6%)

822 (13.4%)

Vaginal (Ever)

197 (9.8%)

269 (12.7%)

243 (12.1%)

709 (11.5%)

Vaginal (Current)

7 (0.3%)

10 (0.5%)

11 (0.5%)

28 (0.5%)

Hormonal (Ever)

1771 (87.7%)

1829 (86.3%)

1746 (86.8%)

5346 (86.9%)

Hormonal (Current)

286 (14.2%)

291 (13.7%)

268 (13.3%)

845 (13.7%)

Permanent (Ever)

659 (32.6%)

689 (32.5%)

654 (32.5%)

2002 (32.6%)

Permanent (Current)

576 (28.5%)

626 (29.5%)

556 (27.6%)

1758 (28.6%)

Rhythm/Withdrawal (Ever)

204 (10.1%)

222 (10.5%)

176 (8.7%)

602 (9.8%)

Rhythm/withdrawal (Current)

53 (2.6%)

54 (2.5%)

39 (1.9%)

146 (2.4%)

Duration of HRT for Menopause in Years (N = 241)

4.2

4.5

5.6

4.7