26th International Papillomavirus Conference: Satellite Symposium
Enhancing HPV Prevention among Indigenous Populations: International Perspectives on Health and Well-Being
Montreal, Quebec
July 5, 2010
Panel 1 , Researching the Burden of HPV Disease, Immunization, and Cervical Screening among Indigenous Populations.
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HPV Disease Burden and Surveillance in Nunavut
1. Burden of HPV Disease in Nunavut Isaac Sobol 1 , Stephanie Totten 2 , Alberto Severini 2 , Vanessa Goleski 2 , Gordon Johnson 3 , Gayatri Jayaraman 2 , Yang Mao 2 , Tom Wong 2 1. Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services, 2. Public Health Agency of Canada, 3. Dynalife Dx Enhancing HPV Prevention among Indigenous Populations: International Perspectives on Health and Well-Being Symposium Montreal, Canada July 5, 2010
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9. HPV prevalence in Nunavut women (N = 4,043) HPV Result N % Any HPV 1207 29.9 Multiple types of HPV 385 9.5 Any high risk HPV type 893 22.1 Multiple high risk types 197 4.9
10. Prevalence of most common high risk HPV types in Nunavut women (N = 4,043) HPV type N % HPV 16 259 6.4 HPV 31 125 3.1 HPV 59 92 2.3 HPV 58 82 2 HPV 45 77 1.9 HPV 66 75 1.9 HPV 39 71 1.8 HPV 51 69 1.7 HPV 18 57 1.4 HPV 33 49 1.2
11. Prevalence of Pap outcomes in Nunavut women (N = 4,043) Pap Result N % Non-Diagnostic 12 0.3 Benign/Negative 3747 92.7 ASC-US 125 3.1 Atypical Glandular Cells, NOS 1 0 LSIL 104 2.6 ASC-H 25 0.6 HSIL 28 0.7 Squamous cell carcinoma, NOS 1 0
Nunavut’s 30,000 inhabitants live in 28 communities widely scattered across 2 million square kilometres. All communities are accessible by air and by sea. The Inuit have occupied the region for thousands of years and form almost 85 percent of the current population. Their languages, Inuktitut and Innuinaqtun are spoken by 80 per cent of the population. Nunavut's society is the youngest in Canada, with half the population under 21. Nunavut was established as a new Territory in 1999, as a result of a land claim agreement between the Inuit of the North West Territories and the Government of Canada. Among Canada’s 10 Provinces and 3 Territories, Nunavut is the only jurisdiction whose population is overwhelmingly aboriginal. (85% Inuit)
There are limited data regarding the prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) and its relationship to cervical cancer and its precursors in Nunavut. preliminary data from previous unpublished research suggested that the predominant circulating HPV types in the territory of Nunavut may differ from those found in studies in southern regions of Canada and in other countries. Following the advent of HPV vaccines, a key public health question has been whether immunization programs will be effective in reducing the prevalence of HPV 16 and HPV 18 which are significantly associated with cervical cancer; a secondary question concerns whether any changes in the types of HPV most associated with cervical cancer will change as a result of immunization against HPV 16 and 18.
Alberto Severini’s notes on lab methods: Method developed at NML Genotyping of 45 mucosal HPV types, both high and low risk Amplification by nested PCR (PGMY primers and GP5+/GP6+) Detection by Luminex technology Compares favourably to the Roche LinearArray genotyping method More types detected more positive samples detected No cross-hybridization of HPV 52 Less sensitive for multiple infections with many types
For prevalence calculations, where more than one specimen per individual existed, a random selection was performed to create a data subset that contained one set of results for each individual. HPV prevalence and cytological results were age standardized to the 2006 Nunavut population based on the 2006 Canadian Census for comparisons between Inuit and non-Aboriginal females. The association between Pap result and HPV type was calculated using odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using all results for each participant, excluding those with a non-diagnostic Pap result. The outcomes of particular interest were cytological results most likely to lead to invasive cervical cancer. atypical squamous cells, unable to exclude high-grade intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H), high-grade intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), and squamous cell carcinoma results were combined to create a category of “high grade cervical lesions.” All other cervical cytology findings were combined as non-high-grade cervical cytology for Odds Ratio calculations.
A final dataset of 4,683 records with both valid cytology and HPV results was created, representing 4,043 individual females. Of those with known age (N = 3,877), the median age was 30 years (range 13 to 77) and 32.8% were under the age of 25. Of those with known ethnicity (N = 4033), 3596 were identified as Inuit (89.2%), 17 First Nations (0.4%), and 420 non-Aboriginal (10.4%). There were significant differences in the median age of Inuit and non-Aboriginal women (29 vs. 35 years, respectively; p<0.001).
HPV 81 had the highest prevalence of all the low risk types at 1.6%. The prevalence of low risk HPV types 6 and 11 were 1.3% and 0.3%, respectively.
To compare HPV and Pap outcomes in Inuit and non-Aboriginal women, results were age-standardized to the 2006 Nunavut population due to differences in the age structure of the populations. Statistically significant differences are highlighted in blue. Type-specific comparisons between groups were limited by the small number of non-Aboriginal women in the Nunavut population Abnormal Pap result: Includes atypical cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS), atypical glandular cells, low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), atypical squamous cells, unable to exclude high-grade intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H), high-grade intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), and squamous cell carcinoma High grade lesion: Includes atypical squamous cells, unable to exclude high-grade intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H), high-grade intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), and squamous cell carcinoma
High grade lesion: Includes atypical squamous cells, unable to exclude high-grade intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H), high-grade intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), and squamous cell carcinoma All valid (i.e. diagnostic) test results were used to examine the association between HR HPV type and cervical cytological outcome (Pap result). A high-grade abnormal Pap result with a classification of ASC-H, HSIL, or squamous cell carcinoma was the outcome of interest. HPV 31 had one of the lowest ORs associated with high grade lesions, despite its relatively high prevalence in this population