A Novel Strategy for Cervical Cancer Prevention Using Cervical-Vaginal Self-Collected Samples Shows High Acceptability in Women Living in Low-Income Conditions from Bucaramanga, Colombia

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Table 1 Sociodemographic Characteristics and Background of the Women Evaluated

Characteristics	Measure
Age Median (IQR)	46.5 (40–52)
Years of studies completed	6.3 (4–9)
Education level	n=419
Primary n (%)	231 (55.1)
High school	144 (34.4)
No scholar education	24 (5.7)
Technical	15 (3.5)
Professional	5 (1.1)
Civil status	n=419
Consensual Union	203 (48.4)
Single	88 (21.0)
Married	78 (18.6)
Separated/Divorced	32 (7.6)
Widow	18 (4.3)
Occupation	n=419
Housewife	237 (56.5)
Independent	123 (29.4)
Employees	48 (11.4)
Unemployed	7 (1.67)
Students	2 (0.48)
Retired	2 (0.48)
Health care insurance	n=412
Subsidized by the government	369 (89.5)
Contributory	42 (10.1)
Special	1 (0.2)
Housing strata	n=419
Unrated	4 (0.9)
Stratum one	296 (70.6)
Stratum two	111 (26.4)
Stratum three	8 (1.9)
Public utilities and others	n=422
Water	419 (99.2)
Electricity	416 (98.5)
Natural gas	344 (81.5)
TV	394 (93.3)
Fridge	366 (86.7)
Washing machine	260 (61.6)
Telephony	154 (36.4)
Internet	137 (32.4)
Smoking	n=420
Yes	43 (10.2)
Used to smoke, but I left it	120 (28.5)
Never smoked	257 (61.1)
Number of sexual partners	n=420
1 partner	25 (5.9)
2 partners	36 (8.5)
3 or more partners	359 (85.4)
Sexually transmitted infections	n=420
No	301 (71.6)
Yes	112 (26.6)
Unknown	7 (1.67)
Cytology in the last 3 years	n=420
No	108 (25.7)
Yes	310 (73.8)
Unknown	2 (0.4)
Body mass index (BMI)	n=399
Median (IQR)	27.1 (25–33)
Categorical BMI	n=399
Underweight	3 (0.50)
Normal	103 (25.8)
Overweight	159 (39.8)
Obese	135 (33.8)

Figure 1 Perception of the self-collection of cervical-vaginal samples.

Figure 2 Reasons why participants preferred cervical-vaginal self-collected sampling.

Figure 3 Frequency of HPV LR and HPV HR genotypes detected in sampled women.(A) HPV LR genotypes. (B) HPV HR genotypes.