Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Cervical Human Papillomavirus Incident and Persistent Infection

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 95; no. 9; p. e2905
• Main Authors: Huang, Xin, Zhao, Qun, Yang, Pingting, Li, Ying, Yuan, Hong, Wu, Liuxin, Chen, Zhiheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01.03.2016; Wolters Kluwer Health
• Subjects: Adult; China - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Metabolic Syndrome - complications; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Obesity - complications; Obesity - epidemiology; Observational Study; Papillomavirus Infections - complications; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Papillomavirus Infections - virology; Prospective Studies; Uterine Cervical Diseases - complications; Uterine Cervical Diseases - epidemiology; Uterine Cervical Diseases - virology; Young Adult

Few studies have been conducted on the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) incidence and persistent infection. We performed a prospective cohort study including 8598 female employees in Hunan, China. First, the subjects were stratified into HPV-nega...