Table 3 Characteristics of HPV infections according to ethnicity.
From: Comparisons of high-risk cervical HPV infections in Caribbean and US populations
| Â | Tobago N N (%) | Jamaica N (%) | US-Black N (%) | US-White N (%) | US-other N (%) | Total N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of subjects | 212 | 99 | 10 | 67 | 11 | 393 |
High-risk HPV infection | 43 (20.3) | 58 (58.6) | 4 (40.0) | 9 (14.5) | 1 (10.0) | 115 (29.3) |
Low-risk HPV infection | 15 (7.1) | 25 (25.3) | 4 (40.0) | 4 (6.5) | 1 (10.0) | 49 (12.5) |
Undetermined-risk infection | 16 (7.6) | 47 (47.5) | 5 (50.0) | 5 (8.1) | 1 (10.0) | 74 (18.3) |
Single high-risk infection* | 49 (23.1) | 40 (40.4) | 5 (50.0) | 10 (16.1) | 1 (10.0) | 105 (26.7) |
Multiple high-risk infection | 26 (12.3) | 43 (43.4) | 3 (30.0) | 5 (8.1) | 1 (10.0) | 78 (19.9) |
Number of high-risk HPV types per subject | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   None** | 169 (79.7) | 41 (41.4) | 6 (60.0) | 53 (85.5) | 9 (90.0) | 278 (70.7) |
   1 | 33 (15.6) | 34 (34.3) | 3 (30.0) | 7 (11.3) | 1 (10.0) | 78 (19.9) |
   2 | 7 (3.3) | 11 (11.1) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (5.3) |
   3 | 2 (0.9) | 7 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (2.3) |
   4 | 1 (0.5) | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.8) |
   5 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.8) |
   6 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) |