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중앙대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실

Background This study was conducted to evaluated the prevalence of human papillomavirus(HPV) among the female employees and employees' partner in Korea. And this study was conducted to evaluate relationship between HPV and cervical cytology.
Methods HPV test of 16,937 study population conducted using Hybrid-Capture II assay(HC-II). The study population were people who visited hospital-based medical screening center from January to December 2007 and all were female employees or employees' partner.
Results HPV positive subjects are 1,936 people among total 16,937 study population. Crude prevalence of HPV was 11.4%, and standardized prevalence was 9.49%. The prevalence of 20-29 age group and 50-59 age group were relatively high than other groups. HPV prevalence was significantly different between age groups. The odd ratio of HPV positve and cervical cytology positive was 48.0 (95% CI 27.1-84.6).
Conclusions The standardized prevalence of high risk human papillomavirus was 9.49% among the female employees and employees' partner in Korea.
(Korean J Health Promot Dis Prev 2009 ; 9(2):97-103)

Keywords: human papillomavirus, HPV, prevalence