Alcohol consumption and persistent infection of high-risk human papillomavirus

• Published in: Epidemiology and infection Vol. 143; no. 7; pp. 1442 - 1450
• Main Authors: OH, H. Y., KIM, M. K., SEO, S., LEE, D. O., CHUNG, Y. K., LIM, M. C., KIM, J., LEE, C. W., PARK, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Alcohol; Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology; Alcoholic beverages; Beverages; Body mass index; Carcinogenesis; Cellular biology; Cervical cancer; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Female; Human papillomavirus; Humans; Incidence; Infections; Logistic Models; Marital status; Medical screening; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Original Papers; Other viruses; Pap smear; Papillomaviridae - physiology; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Papillomavirus Infections - virology; Prospective Studies; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Smoking; Statistical analysis; Womens health; Republic of Korea; United States > US; Korea, Rep; co-factors; Alcohol; persistence; cervical carcinogenesis; human papillomavirus

Alcohol consumption is a possible co-factor of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) persistence, a major step in cervical carcinogenesis, but the association between alcohol and continuous HPV infection remains unclear. This prospective study identified the association between alcohol consumption...