Risk factors for cervical intraepithelial neoplasm in Alaska Native women: a pilot study.
Although rates for invasive cervical cancer have declined over the past twenty years among Alaska Native women, they continue to show high rates of pre-invasive cervical lesions (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, or CIN). We investigated risk factors for CIN II/III among Alaska Native women in a pilot case-control study. Cases (n = 26) included women with biopsy-proven CIN II/III, while controls (n = 52) had normal cervical epithelium. The strongest risks associated with CIN II/III were HPV infection of any type (Crude Odds Ratio [OR] 8.4, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 2.9-29.4), HPV 16 infection (OR 40.8, 95% CI: 9.4-176.4), and a family history of cervical dysplasia (OR 3.9, 95% CI: 1.3-11.3). We also found that use of depot-medroxy progesterone acetate was associated with CIN (OR 3.0, 95% CI: 1.1-8.5). A larger investigation would be necessary to allow adequate evaluation of these, and other, risk factors for CIN among Alaska Native women.
MacLehose
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Health Care Financing Administration, Seattle, Washington, USA. rmaclehose@hcfa.gov
Harpster
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Lanier
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Schiff
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Koehler
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Murphy
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Becker
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D000328:Adult; D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D004930:Inuit; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008875:Middle Aged; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012307:Risk Factors; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology
D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate