HIV Infection Alters the Spectrum of HPV Subtypes Found in Cervical Smears and Carcinomas from Kenyan Women

Table 2.: HIV Infection and Grade of Cervical Cytology in LBC Samples

Cytology	HIV+ve (n=113)	HIV-ve (n=111)	Total (n=224)
Normal	76/67.3%	101/91.0%	177/79.0%
LSIL/CIN I	19/16.8%	6/5.4%	25/11.2%
HSIL/CIN II/III	9/8.0%	1/0.9%	10/4.5%
ASCUS/AGUS	4/3hg5%	1/0.9%	5/2.2%
Inflammatory	5/4.4%	2/1.8%	7/3.1%
Total	113/50.4%	111/49.6%	224/100%

HIV+ve women had 4 times higher prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology as compared to HIV-ve (28.3% Vs 7.2% respectively) with p value <0.001.