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Castle, P.E., Wacholder, S., Lorincz, A.T., Scott, D.R., Sherman, M.E., Glass, A.G., Rush, B.B., Schussler, J.E. and Schiffman, M. (2002) A Prospective Study of High-Grade Cervical Neoplasia Risk among Human Papillomavirus-Infected Women. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 94, 1406-1414.
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• TITLE: Health Vigilance and Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer: A Study in the State of Maranhão, Brazil

  AUTHORS: José Márcio Soares Leite, Carlos Tomaz

  KEYWORDS: Cancer, Cervix Uteri, Public Health Surveillance, Epidemiology

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Epidemiology, Vol.14 No.1, February 8, 2024

  ABSTRACT: The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the importance of health vigilance in the prevention of cervical cancer. The sample consisted of 536 women. To identify which risk factors were associated with cervical cancer or with an increase in the mortality rate of this kind of cancer, a logistic regression model was used. The Odds Ratios (OR) and their respective 95% confidence intervals were also calculated. Most of them were at the age of highest incidence of cervical cancer (21 - 59 years old), had an unstable conjugal situation, minimal educational level (78.7%), low income (58.3%), consumed alcoholic beverages (56.4%), had a history of smoking (57.0%) and possessed limited knowledge about the prevention. These results are discussed in terms of a predictive model for cervical cancer that considers the importance of public health vigilance in the screening and precocious diagnosis.