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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2014

No evidence for synergy between human papillomavirus genotypes for the risk of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in a large population-based study.

Nicolas Wentzensen, Martha Nason, Mark Schiffman, Lori Dodd, William C Hunt, Cosette M Wheeler, New Mexico HPV Pap Registry Steering Committee

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Nicolas WentzensenDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute.
Martha Nason
Mark Schiffman
Lori Dodd
William C Hunt
Cosette M Wheeler
New Mexico HPV Pap Registry Steering Committee
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USUniversity of New Mexico · USCancer Institute (WIA) · INNational Cancer Institute · UA

Funding

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical and anal cancersZIACP010124 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI WENTZENSEN, NICOLAS · 2009 to 2025
$17.3M
Web enhanced adoption of HPV vaccine in minority communitiesU19AI084081 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI WHEELER, COSETTE MARIE · 2009 to 2013
$13.4M
HPV Outcomes: Prevention Epidemiology and Surveillance (HOPES)R01CA134779 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI WHEELER, COSETTE MARIE · 2009 to 2010
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA134779NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI084081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMultiple human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes may be independently or synergistically associated with risk of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs). We evaluated the risk of HSIL in women concomitantly infected with multiple HPV genotypes.

methodsA population-based stratified sample of 59 664 cervical cytology specimens from women residing in New Mexico were evaluated for cytologic abnormalities and HPV genotypes. We calculated the risk of HSIL in women infected with a single HPV genotype and the risk in those infected with multiple HPV genotypes.

resultsThe highest risk of HSIL was observed for HPV-16 (0.036), followed by HPV-33 (0.028), HPV-58 (0.024), and HPV-18 (0.022). For most types, we observed a greater risk of HSIL in women infected with multiple carcinogenic HPV types. In contrast, the risk of HSIL was similar in women infected with HPV-16 and other types, compared with women infected with HPV-16 only. We observed an increased but plateauing risk of HSIL in women infected with multiple types, compared with those infected with a single type, with risk ratios of 1.5 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2-1.8), 1.7 (95% CI, 1.3-2.4), and 1.4 (95% CI, 0.83-2.5) for women infected with 2, 3, and ≥4 genotypes, respectively.

conclusionsIn the largest population-based study of HPV genotypes and cytologic outcomes so far, we did not see more than additive effects of HPV types on the risk of HSIL in women infected with multiple types.

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AdultCervix UteriCoinfectionCross-Sectional StudiesEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsNew MexicoPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsUterine Cervical DysplasiaUterine Cervical Neoplasmscervical cancer screeningcytologyhuman papillomavirus (HPV)multiple Infections

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PMCPMC3935473
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