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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
versión impresa ISSN 0864-2125
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DIAZ BRITO, Yoimy; BAEZ PUPO, María Margarita; PEREZ RIVERO, Jorge Luis y GARCIA PLACERES, Migdalia. Presence of some risk factors for cervix uteri cancer in women with normal Pap's smear test results. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0864-2125.
Introduction: the cervix uteri cancer is a health problem affecting women and the number of predisposing factors is large. Objective: to identify some risk factors for cervix uteri cancer in females cared for by a basic work team with normal results in their Pap's smear tests. Methods: an observational and descriptive study was conducted in women, who were cared for by the basic work team no. 1 of "Tula Aguilera" teaching polyclinics in Camaguey municipality from September to December, 2011. The medical records of family health registered 997 from whom 191 were selected through the simple random sampling based on EPIDAT software. They were surveyed and their data presented in frequency tables. Results: it was found that 35-39 y age group predominated with 24%; 90% of them began their sexual relationships prior to being 20 years-old; 64.3% had three or more sexual partners and 70.7% suffered from vaginal infection. Conclusions: at the end of the study, we noticed the significant presence of risk factors for cervix uteri cancer in the studied women.
Palabras clave : cervix uteri cancer; risk factors; organ cytology.