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Table 6 Crude odds ratio on the association between behavioral characteristics and HPV positivity

From:Prevalence of vaccine and non-vaccine human papillomavirus types among women in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Parameter n (%) Χ2(pvalue) Β (pvalue) OR 95% CI
Age of coitarche (years) 12.130 (0.016)
≤ 15 22 (6.9) 1
16–20 171 (53.9) 1.503 (0.019) 4.497 1.282–15.775
21–25 42 (13.2) 1.751 (0.012) 5.758 1.478–22.431
≥ 26 20 (6.3) 1.846 (0.016) 6.333 1.413–28.393
Do not remember 62 (19.6) 2.040 (0.002) 7.690 2.062–28.665
Number of life time sex partners 0.032 (0.858)
1 112 (35.3) 1
2+ 205 (64.7) 0.043 (0.858) 1.043 0.656–1.661
Tobacco use 0.069 (0.793)
Yes 4 (1.3) 0.184 (0.857) 1.201 0.162–8.895
No 313 (98.7) 1
Alcohol consumption 2.037 (0.153)
Yes 135 (42.6) 0.280 (0.236) 1.323 0.833–2.101
No 182 (57.4) 1
Condom use 1.419 (0.234)
Yes 108 (34.1) 1
No 209 (65.9) − 2.333 (0.340) 0.792 0.490–1.279
  1. Bold font:pvalue <0.05