The Burden of Genital Warts: A Study of Nearly 70,000 Women from the General Female Population in the 4 Nordic Countries

Objective. To asses the burden and correlates of genital warts in women. Methods. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study in 69,147 women (18–45 years of age) randomly chosen from the general population in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Information on clinically diagnosed genita...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 2007-11, Vol.196 (10), p.1447-1454
Main Authors: Kjær, Susanne Krüger, Trung Nam, Tran, Sparen, Par, Tryggvadottir, Laufey, Munk, Christian, Dasbach, Erik, Liaw, Kai-Li, Nygård, Jan, Nygård, Mari
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Age Factors
Censuses
Condylomata acuminata
Condylomata Acuminata - epidemiology
Condylomata Acuminata - etiology
Condylomata Acuminata - prevention & control
Cost of Illness
Cross-Sectional Studies
Epidemiology
Female
Genitalia
Human papillomavirus
Humans
Iceland - epidemiology
Incidence
Infections
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Middle Aged
Papillomaviridae
Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology
Papillomavirus Infections - etiology
Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control
Questionnaires
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries - epidemiology
Sexual Behavior
Sexually transmitted diseases
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vaccination
Viruses
Women
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Summary:Objective. To asses the burden and correlates of genital warts in women. Methods. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study in 69,147 women (18–45 years of age) randomly chosen from the general population in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Information on clinically diagnosed genital warts and lifestyle habits was collected using a questionnaire. Results. Overall, 10.6% reported ever having had clinically diagnosed genital warts. In addition, 1.3% reported having experienced genital warts within the past 12 months. The cumulative incidence for different birth cohorts, estimated on the basis of age at first diagnosis of genital warts, increased with each subsequent younger birth cohort (P
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1086/522863