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Pages 164-169 (March - April 2012)
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Prevalence and risk factors for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia among HIV-infected women
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Nara Chartuni Pereira Teixeiraa, Angela Cristina Labanca Araújoa, Christine Miranda Correab, Claudia Teixeira da Costa Lodic, Maria Inês Miranda Limaa, Nara de Oliveira Carvalhod, Dora Mendez del Castillod, Victor Hugo Meloe,
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Corresponding author at: School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Alfredo Balena 190/2nd floor, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-100, Brazil.
a Department of Health Services, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
b Department of Health Services, Três Rios, MG, Brazil
c Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
d Center for Research and Diagnosis (NUPAD), School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
e School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Abstract
Objectives

To evaluate the prevalence and the risk factors for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) among HIV-infected women.

Methods

Cross-sectional study of 494 HIV-infected women in Brazil, between 1998 and 2008. Gynecologic exam was performed, and samples were collected for cervical cytology and for HPV DNA detection. Cervical biopsy was carried out when indicated. HPV infection, CD4 T-lymphocyte count and HIV viral load were compared with cervical histopathology. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were performed to evaluate the statistical association of several risk factors.

Results

CIN prevalence detected by histopathology was 23.4% (6% of CIN2/3 and 17.4% cases of CIN1). Multivariate analysis confirmed an independent association of CIN with CD4 T-lymphocyte count below 200 cells/mm3 (OR 5.0, 95% CI 2.5–10.1), with a positive detection of HPV DNA (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.2–3.5), and with age ≤ 34 years old (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0–2.4). HIV viral load and antiretroviral use were not independent risk factors for CIN.

Conclusions

Severity of immunosupression, presence of HPV infection and younger age are strong predictors of CIN among HIV-infected women.

Keywords:
HIV
DNA probes, HPV
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Immunosuppression
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