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ArticlePapillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2017

Effect of age-difference between heterosexual partners on risk of cervical cancer and human papillomavirus infection.

Iacopo Baussano, Mireia Diaz, Stephen Tully, Nubia Muñoz, Silvia de Sanjosé, F Xavier Bosch, Silvia Franceschi

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Article in Papillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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.

Iacopo BaussanoInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France. Electronic address: baussanoi@iarc.fr.
Mireia DiazInstitut Català d'Oncologia, Avenida Gran Via 199-203, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona 08907, Spain. Electronic address: mireia@iconcologia.net.
Stephen TullyInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France. Electronic address: stephenptully@gmail.com.
Nubia MuñozColombian National Institute of Cancer, Bogota, Colombia. Electronic address: nubia.munoz@free.fr.
Silvia de SanjoséInstitut Català d'Oncologia, Avenida Gran Via 199-203, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona 08907, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona 08036, Spain. Electronic address: desanjose.silvia@gmail.com.
F Xavier BoschInstitut Català d'Oncologia, Avenida Gran Via 199-203, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona 08907, Spain. Electronic address: xbosch.ico@gmail.com.
Silvia FranceschiInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France. Electronic address: franceschi@iarc.fr.
Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer · FRInstitut Català d'Oncologia · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública · ESInstituto Nacional de Cancerología · CO

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAge difference (Adiff) within a heterosexual couple may influence a woman's risk of being HPV-positive and developing cervical cancer (CC).

methodsWe assessed the relationship between Adiff within the first and current sexual partnership and risk of CC and HPV infection in 1495 cases and 1358 control women from 6 countries included in IARC's multicentric case-control study (median age: 48 years).

resultsLarge Adiff within the first partnerships was associated with increased CC risk (OR≥3 vs. ≤2 years=1.49, CI: 1.26-1.75); this association disappeared after correction for age at first sexual intercourse (OR=1.03, 0.86-1.24). The relationship between Adiff within the current partnership and HPV-positivity was opposite (OR≥3 vs. ≤2 years=0.59, 0.41-0.86) and not affected by adjustment for sexual confounding. The influences of Adiff on CC risk and HPV-positivity were consistent across age groups and countries.

conclusionThe association between CC risk and large Adiff in the first sexual partnership is mostly explained by young age at first intercourse. Conversely, the negative association between Adiff in current partnership and HPV-positivity is probably related to decreased infectiousness of the male partner with age. The study of Adiff in sexual partnerships helps elucidate HPV circulation in different populations.

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Age-differenceAssortative mixingCervical cancerHuman papillomavirus (HPV)Sexual behavior

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PMID28720465
PMCPMC5883224
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