Comparison of Human Papilloma Virus Results in Women With and Without Atopic Disease

Patients between the ages of 30-65 with allergic complaints (sneezing, itching,runy nose, respiratory distress) were diagnosed "atopic disease" (allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, chronic urticaria and atopic dermatitis) by same clinician in Immunology and Allergy Department. Women aged between 30-65 years are scanned free of charge (HPV and smears) by the Public Health Institution in our country. The HPV results of the screened patients were noted retrospectively through the result reports of the patients, and those who were not screened were directed to Gynecology Department and HPV results were followed. Healthy women without allergic complaints applied for routine gynecologic examination occurred control group. Similarly, the HPV results of the control group were recorded.

Pregnant women, women who receive immunosuppressive therapy (including chemotherapy and chronic corticosteroid therapy), HIV positive women, women with cancer and performed hysterectomy were excluded. Patients' height, weight, demographic features (age, marital status, income level), obstetric histories (gravida, parity, mode of delivery), contraception methods and smoking status were noted.

Subgroup atopic disease diagnoses, duration of illness, treatments regimes and treatment time of the patients in the study group were also questioned and recorded. Leukotriene receptor antagonists and histamine receptor antagonists were the main treatments for study group and all therapies were designed by the same clinician. Routine allergic skin tests were performed to all atopic patients during diagnosis.

Statistical analyses

Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows, version 18.0 (SPSS Inc., USA) was used to compare the clinical features of groups. Normality of data distribution was tested with Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Data was shown as means ± standart deviation (SD) for continuous variables and the independent t test was used to assess the differences in variables between groups. Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U-test and Bonferroni correction were used for values with non-normal distribution. P Values below 0.05 (p<0.05) was accepted as statistically significant.