ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2013
Obesity and human papillomavirus infection in perimenopausal women.
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- Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection and its associations with metabolic risk factors in China: a nationwide population-based study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Association between body mass index, obesity, and vulvar cancer recurrence.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025Article
- The association between body mass index and vulvar and vaginal cancer incidence: findings from a large Norwegian cohort study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence of mucosal and cutaneous human papillomavirus (HPV) types among children and adolescents in the general population in Germany.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Effect of Obesity in Persistent or Remission in Postmenopausal Women with Atypical Cervical Cytology.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2019Article
- The role of specialized hospital units in infection and mortality risk reduction among patients with hematological cancers.PloS one · 2019Article
- Cervicovaginal Fungi and Bacteria Associated With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Infections in a Hispanic Population.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Re-detection vs. new acquisition of high-risk human papillomavirus in mid-adult women.International journal of cancer · 2016Article
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- Excessive adiposity, metabolic health, and risks for genital human papillomavirus infection in adult women: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMC obesity · 2015Article
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Abstract
introductionObesity is known to increase susceptibility to certain infections in men. It is unclear whether obesity increases women's risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
methodsIn a prospective cohort of 696 perimenopausal women enrolled in 2008-2012, we sought to determine whether obesity predicted incident HPV detection or nondetection. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m(2).
resultsBaseline any type HPV prevalence was comparable between obese and nonobese women (18.7% vs 19.1%; P > .05). Over a median follow-up period of 17.9 months (interquartile range: 12.1-24.5), 187 new HPV detections occurred among 123 women, 60 of whom subsequently lost 76 detectable infections. When compared with nonobese participants, obese women had a similar rate of new HPV detection (7.1 vs 7.8 infections per 1000 infection-years; P > .05) or loss of detection (100.3 vs 85.8 infections per 100 infection-years; P > .05). Similar results were found after adjusting for age, menopausal status, smoking habit, and sexual exposure history.
conclusionsResults from the current analysis suggest little effect of obesity on HPV detection and loss of detection in mid-adult women. More research is needed to determine whether adipokines or cytokines better capture the potential immune modulating effects of obesity on HPV infection.
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