Table 2

Multivariate and univariate analysis for risk (HR) of developing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 (CIN2) according to baseline Chlamydia trachomatis and high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) DNA status

NC trachomatis positive at day 1 (N=354)C trachomatis negative at day 1 (N=8087)Multivariate modelUnivariate model
nNo of women with a CIN2 lesion due to any HPV typeRate*nNo of women with a CIN2 lesion due to any HPV typeRate*HR (95% CI)p-valueHR (95% CI)p-value
CIN2 due to any HPV type
 Total8441354322.7680873301.181.78 (1.23 to 2.58)0.0022.28 (1.58 to 3.28)<0.0001
  Negative for HPV16 and 187382268161.7671142260.911.74 (1.05 to 2.90)0.0331.86 (1.12 to 3.09)0.017
  Positive for HPV16 and/or 1896581156.478841013.671.82 (1.06 to 3.14)0.0301.74 (1.01 to 3.00)0.045
NnNo of women with a CIN2 lesion due to hrHPV type§Rate*nNo of women with a CIN2 lesion due to hrHPV type§Rate*HR (95% CI)p-valueHR (95% CI)p-value
CIN2 due to hrHPV§ type
 Total8441354292.4980872961.061.55 (1.05 to 2.30)0.0282.28 (1.56 to 3.34)<0.0001
  Negative for all 12 tested§ hrHPV types568914340.855461140.581.35 (0.50 to 3.67)0.5541.33 (0.49 to 3.59)0.579
  Positive for ≥1 of 12 tested§ hrHPV types2629204243.7524251792.261.59 (1.04 to 2.44)0.0331.63 (1.07 to 2.50)0.024
  • N: Total number of women with non-missing Chlamydia status and respective PCR status and at least one follow-up visit.

  • n: Number of women with positive/negative Chlamydia status and positive/negative PCR status and at least one follow-up visit.

  • * Number of women with a lesion per 100 person-years at risk.

  • HR associated with being positive versus negative to Chlamydia at baseline for each model. For the ‘univariate—total’ estimates, HR is calculated using the full data. For the ‘univariate—negative/positive’ estimates, HR is calculated using data from each stratified HPV baseline status group. For the ‘multivariate—total’ estimates, HR is calculated after adjusting for HPV baseline status (positive or negative), age at study entry, number of lifetime sexual partners and smoking status (current smoker, former smoker, never smoked). Interactions between baseline HPV status and Chlamydia status were tested and proved to be insignificant (p-values of interactions are 0.905 and 0.768 in the models of CIN2 due to any HPV type and CIN2 due to any hrHPV type, respectively). For the ‘multivariate—negative/positive’ estimates, HR is estimated within each HPV baseline status group after including the interaction term between baseline Chlamydia status and baseline HPV status and adjusting for age at study entry, number of lifetime sexual partners and smoking status.

  • p Value shows how significantly the estimated HRs differ from 1.

  • § Includes HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, and 59.