Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection (HPV) and TCT results of HPV positive individuals among women in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: a hospital-based survey

  Objective  To examine the prevalence of HPV infection among women in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2016 − 2018.

  Methods  We carried out HPV nucleic acid detection among 5 162 women aged 20 years and above taking physical examination at a hospital and then thinprep cytologic test (TCT) was performed among the HPV positive women during a period from 2016 to 2018. Data of the detections were analyzed statistically.

  Results  The HPV positive rates were 33.92% (310/914), 34.99% (470/1 369), and 27.72% (799/2 879) among the women detected in 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively. For all the women detected, those aged 40 − 49 years had a higher HPV positive rate. Of the 288 HPV positive women with HPV typing and TCT samples, 72.3%, 6.6% and 4.1% were HPV 16, HPV 45 and HPV 18; 2.4% were lesions of atypical squamous cells undetermined significance or more severe.

  Conclusion  HPV infection could be detected among about one third of the women in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, suggesting that the married women should have annual HPV nucleic acid test.