Cigarette smoking, herpes simplex virus type 2 infection, and cervical abnormalities.
R M Mayberry
In a case-control study, we investigated the relation of cigarettesmoking and genital herpes virus infection to cervical abnormalities.Although cases and controls differed according to several factors,multiple logistic analyses indicated that age, education, andcigarette smoking were the only independent risk factors forhistologically confirmed disease. Relative risk estimates were1.92 and 3.68 for past and current smokers, respectively. Theresults indicated that smoking and genital herpes infectiondid not interact in the risk of cervical abnormality.
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