title: [HIV infection and cervical cancer: a note of caution for clinicians and health planners].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To estimate the association between HIV infection and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study based on data from 251 women from a Sexually Transmitted Diseases clinic. Patients with CIN were compared with those without CIN in terms of HIV infection and exposure to other risk factors, calculating the corresponding adjusted odds ratio (ORA) by logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  HIV infection (ORA = 7.5; CI 95%: 2.5-22.1), having previous cytologies with cellular changes associated with human papillomavirus infection (ORA = 3.6; CI 95%: 1.3-10.2) and history of condylomas (ORA = 3.2; CI 95%: 1.2-8.4) were associated with CIN.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The strong association observed between HIV and CIN, shows that it is necessary for health services planners and clinicians caring for HIV infected women to ensure that the latter receive the appropriate care to guarantee its early detection.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ETS, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao. munainj@dasv.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López de Munain
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Cámara
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Santamaría
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baraia
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zubero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Teira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D012307:Risk Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control