Table 4

- Factors associated with HPV clearance (N=254).

Factor	Seronegativation
	No		Yes		P-value
	n	%	n	%	P-value
Age	45.85	10.13	41.91	8.25	0.008^*t
Age at marriage	22.95	7.28	21.78	5.62	0.249 ^t
Marriage duration	22.90	11.46	20.13	10.43	0.130 ^t
Parameter	Median	P75	Median	P75	p-value
Parity	4	5.75	3	5	0.639^M
Marital status
Married	32	14.0	196	86.0
Divorced	8	40.0	12	60.0	0.005^*
Widowed	0	0.0	6	100.0	0.005^*
Education
Illiterate	4	40.0	6	60.0	0.100
Primary	0	0.0	8	100.0
High school	24	16.2	124	83.8
University	12	13.6	76	86.4
Number of comorbidities
0	26	13.4	168	86.6	0.173
1	12	24.0	38	76.0
2	2	20.0	8	80.0
Smoking
No	36	15.7	194	84.3	1.000^F
Yes	4	16.7	20	83.3	1.000^F
Diabetes mellitus
No	40	16.8	198	83.2
Yes	0	0.0	16	100.0	0.084^F
Hypertension
No	34	14.8	196	85.2
Yes	6	25.0	18	75.0	0.191
Thyroid disease
No	36	15.1	202	84.9
Yes	4	25.0	12	75.0	0.291F
Oral contraceptive use
No	22	13.3	144	86.7
Yes	18	20.5	70	79.5	0.134
Family history of cancer
None	36	17.1	174	82.9
Yes	4	9.1	40	90.9	0.255^F

Test used:

↵t independent t-test,
↵M: Mann-Whitney U test,
↵F: Fisher’s exact test, otherwise, Chi square test was used,
↵^* statistical significance