Abstract
Background: Increased duration of hormonal contraceptive (HC) use may be positively associated with the risk of invasive cervical cancer. Methods: This is a secondary analysis from the HPV Sentinel Surveillance Study. The authors examined the association between type-specific human papillomavirus (HPV) detection and current HC use among 7718 women attending 26 sexually transmitted disease, family planning and primary care clinics in the USA. Results: There was an association between HC use and HPV-16 detection (adjusted prevalence rate ratio 1.34 (95% CI 1.05 to 1.71) for oral contraceptive users and 1.41 (1.01 to 2.04) for depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate users); there was no association between HC use and detection of other HPV types or any HPV overall. Conclusions: Longitudinal studies are needed to better define this type-specific association and its clinical significance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 385-388 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Sexually transmitted infections |
Volume | 87 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology
- Infectious Diseases