Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Smoking Enhances Risk for New External Genital Warts in Men

2009; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/ijerph6031215

ISSN

1661-7827

Autores

Dorothy J. Wiley, David Elashoff, Emmanuel Masongsong, Diane M. Harper, Karen H. Gylys, Michael J. Silverberg, Robert L. Cook, Lisette M. Johnson-Hill,

Tópico(s)

Hepatitis B Virus Studies

Resumo

Repeat episodes of HPV-related external genital warts reflect recurring or new infections. No study before has been sufficiently powered to delineate how tobacco use, prior history of EGWs and HIV infection affect the risk for new EGWs. Behavioral, laboratory and examination data for 2,835 Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study participants examined at 21,519 semi-annual visits were evaluated. Fourteen percent (391/2835) of men reported or were diagnosed with EGWs at 3% (675/21,519) of study visits. Multivariate analyses showed smoking, prior episodes of EGWs, HIV infection and CD4+ T-lymphocyte count among the infected, each differentially influenced the risk for new EGWs.

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