Lack of behavioural risk factors for squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) in HIV-infected women.
Int J STD AIDS
; 8(6): 388-92, 1997 Jun.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9179650
ABSTRACT
HIV-infected women have a high prevalence of abnormal Papanicolaou smears and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. A multiparametric analysis of epidemiological and behavioural risk factors has been performed in a cohort of 204 HIV-infected women in an outpatient clinic with the aim to investigate risk factors associated with squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) in HIV-seropositive women. The prevalence of SIL in the study population was 35.7%. Univariate and multivariate analysis of demographic, behavioural and immunological variables only identified cigarette smoking > 20/day and CD4+ cell counts < or = 200 x 10(6)/L as risk factors significantly associated with SIL in the study population. We found no epidemiological/behavioural risk factors specifically associated with SIL in HIV-infected women as compared with the general population. The results suggest that the high prevalence of SIL in HIV disease is related to acquired immune deficiency in HIV-seropositive women.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sexual Behavior
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Uterine Cervical Dysplasia
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Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J STD AIDS
Journal subject:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Year:
1997
Document type:
Article
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