Table 1 Acceptance to perform self-sampling at home and prevalence of high-risk HPV infection in relation to age among 2829 women, 30–58 years old, who had not attended organised cytological screening for over 6 years
From: Self-sampling of the vaginal fluid at home combined with high-risk HPV testing
Age (years) | Total number of women | Number of women performing self-sampling (%) | Number of high-risk HPV-positive women (%) | Number of women with persistent high-risk HPV infection (%) | Number of women with morphological CIN 2–3 lesions (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30–39 | 984 | 373 (38) | 42 (11.1) | 24/33 (73) | 11/24 (46) |
40–49 | 968 | 386 (40) | 22 (5.7) | 15/18 (83) | 7/15 (47) |
50–58 | 877 | 343 (39) | 10 (2.9) | 5/9 (56) | 1/5 (20) |
Total | 2829 | 1107 (39) | 74 (6.7) | 44/60 (73) | 19/44 (43.2) |
