| Literature DB >> 27553042 |
Thanh Cong Bui1, Thuy Nhu Thai2, Ly Thi-Hai Tran3, Sanjay S Shete4, Lois M Ramondetta5, Karen M Basen-Engquist1.
Abstract
The very few studies that have examined the association between vaginal douching and genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection have found contrary results. We investigated the associations between douching and numbers of HPV genotypes infecting 1271 participants aged 20-49 years in the 2003-2004 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. After controlling for relevant covariates, douching in the past 6 months was significantly associated with infection by higher numbers of all genital HPV types (relative risk ratio, 1.26; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-1.54) and HPV high-risk types (1.40; 1.09-1.80).Entities:
Keywords: United States; cervical cancer; human papillomavirus; vaginal douching
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27553042 PMCID: PMC6281373 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw388
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226