| Title |
A large, population-based study of age-related associations between vaginal pH and human papillomavirus infection
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-33 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Megan A Clarke, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Julia C Gage, Rolando Herrero, Allan Hildesheim, Sholom Wacholder, Robert Burk, Mark Schiffman |
| Abstract |
Vaginal pH is related to genital tract inflammation and changes in the bacterial flora, both suggested cofactors for persistence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. To evaluate the relationship between vaginal pH and HPV, we analyzed data from our large population-based study in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. We examined vaginal pH and the risk of HPV infection, cytological abnormalities, and C. trachomatis infection. |
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| United States | 5 | 63% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| South Africa | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 148 | 95% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 28 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 21% |
| Unknown | 30 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 14% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 14 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 13% |
| Unknown | 37 | 24% |
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