Analysis of risk factors for cervical cancer in Xiangyuan County, Shanxi Province

• Published in: Zhōnghuá yùfáng-yīxué zázhì Vol. 36; no. 1; p. 41
• Main Authors: Rong, Shoude, Chen, Wen, Wu, Lingying, Zhang, Xun, Shen, Guihua, Liu, Yunyuan, Zhao, Fanghui, Ma, Junfei, Qiao, Youlin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.01.2002
• Subjects: Abortion, Induced; Adult; Analysis of Variance; China - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Multivariate Analysis; Papillomaviridae; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Partners; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tumor Virus Infections - epidemiology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - virology; China
• ISSN: 0253-9624

To investigate the risk factors for cervical cancer in the areas of high incidence, and provide evidence for current intervention of cervical cancer. In the areas of Xiangyuan County, Shanxi Provicne with high incidence of cervical cancer, 1 997 women were interviewed using a questionnaire, including baseline information, menstrual, marital and pregnancy histories, sexual behavior, health habits, contraception, medical history and family history of cancer, etc., after its screening with six kinds of methods. All subjects, including 84 cases with pathological diagnosis of greater than cINI, and 1 784 cases with pathological diagnosis of normal, were tested for high-risk HPV. The overall rates of HPV infection were 20.8% (415/1 997) in high-risk subjects, 97.7% and 14.2% in the cases and control groups, respectively. Univariate analysis showed that risk factors with statistical significance included high-risk HPV infection, age at first sexual intercourse, history of pregnancy and abortion, the number of sexual