Open AccessSexual behavior and high‐risk human papillomavirus in 15‐ to 22‐year‐old Lithuanian women
Author(s) -
BUMBULIENE ZANA,
ALISAUSKAS JONAS
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01334.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lithuanian , sexual intercourse , human papillomavirus , gynecology , outpatient clinic , sexually active , sexual behavior , hpv infection , obstetrics , demography , cervical cancer , population , clinical psychology , environmental health , cancer , philosophy , linguistics , sociology
We determined the risk of high‐risk human papillomavirus (HR‐HPV) infection in 169 15‐ to 22‐year‐old sexually active Lithuanian women attending two outpatient clinics in Vilnius. The Digene® Hybrid Capture II DNA test was used to test for HR‐HPV infection on material collected by cervical swabs. The findings were compared with the pattern of sexual behavior as given in questionnaire replies. The overall risk of HR‐HPV was 23.1%, but 60.0% in adolescents ≤15 years old. Mean age at first intercourse was 17.1 years; 73.5% of women had only had one sexual partner and 24.5% more than one. The risk of HR‐HPV was higher in women with more than one sexual partner, and related to being a smoker and to early age at the first intercourse. Our results confirm that smoking, early coitarche, multiple sexual partners and unprotected vaginal intercourse are related to the risk of HR‐HPV infection in young women.