Study characteristics of women at high risk of HIV infection—2016 BRFSS
| Overall (n=3448) | Had no cervical cancer screening (n=537 15.6%) | Had cervical cancer screening (n=2911 84.4%) | ||
| Study characteristics | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P value‡ |
| Age at interview (years) | ||||
| 25–34 | 1477 (42.8) | 184 (34.3) | 1293 (44.4) | <0.01 |
| 35–44 | 913 (26.5) | 128 (23.8) | 785 (27.0) | |
| 45–54 | 658 (19.1) | 118 (22.0) | 540 (18.5) | |
| 55–64 | 400 (11.6) | 107 (19.9) | 293 (10.1) | |
| Race | ||||
| White | 2567 (74.5) | 411 (76.5) | 2156 (74.1) | 0.06 |
| Black | 583 (16.9) | 73 (13.6) | 510 (17.5) | |
| Other | 298 (8.6) | 53 (9.9) | 245 (8.4) | |
| Level of education completed | ||||
| High school or less | 1129 (32.7) | 249 (46.4) | 880 (30.2) | <0.01 |
| Attended college | 1056 (30.6) | 167 (31.1) | 889 (30.6) | |
| Graduated from college | 1263 (36.6) | 121 (22.5) | 1142 (39.2) | |
| Marital status* | ||||
| Unmarried | 2120 (61.5) | 331 (61.6) | 1789 (61.5) | 0.94 |
| Married | 1328 (38.5) | 206 (38.4) | 1122 (38.5) | |
| Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) | ||||
| No | 2164 (62.8) | 332 (61.8) | 1832 (62.9) | 0.63 |
| Yes | 1284 (37.2) | 205 (38.2) | 1079 (37.1) | |
| Regular physical exercise | ||||
| No | 819 (23.8) | 186 (34.6) | 633 (21.8) | <0.01 |
| Yes | 2629 (76.2) | 351 (65.4) | 2278 (78.2) | |
| Heavy drinker | ||||
| No | 2905 (84.3) | 448 (83.4) | 2457 (84.4) | 0.57 |
| Yes | 543 (15.7) | 89 (16.6) | 454 (15.6) | |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Never | 1541 (44.7) | 189 (35.2) | 1352 (46.5) | <0.01 |
| Current smoker | 1229 (35.6) | 270 (50.3) | 959 (32.9) | |
| Former smoker | 678 (19.7) | 78 (14.5) | 600 (20.6) | |
| Number of comorbidities† | ||||
| 0 | 1845 (53.5) | 258 (48.0) | 1587 (54.5) | <0.01 |
| 1 | 949 (27.5) | 147 (27.4) | 802 (27.6) | |
| ≥2 | 654 (19.0) | 132 (24.6) | 522 (17.9) | |
| Overall health condition | ||||
| Fair or poor | 784 (22.7) | 176 (32.8) | 608 (20.9) | <0.01 |
| Good, very good or excellent | 2664 (77.3) | 361 (67.2) | 2303 (79.1) | |
Women having cervical cancer screening were defined as follows: (1) women aged between 21 and 65 having a Pap test within the last 3 years, (2) women aged between 30 and 65 having a Pap test within the last 5 years accompanied by an HPV test.
*Women who were never married, divorced, widowed or separated were treated as not married. Married women or unmarried couples were treated as married.
†Eight comorbidities were considered: asthma, COPD, diabetes mellitus, stroke, myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease and arthritis.
‡p value was calculated by χ2 test.
BMI, body mass index; BRFSS, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.