DIETARY FACTORS IN WOMEN WITH DYSPLASIA COLLI UTERI ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN-PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION

The studies were carried out in a group of 228 female patients with no rmal cytological smear and 324 patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (GIN). The applied method of human papillomavirus (HPV) iden tification i.e., the HPV digene hybrid capture system, made it possibl e to select a control group consisting of 168 HPV-negative patients wi th normal Papanicolaou smears, as well as a group of 228 HPV-positive female patients with GIN. By examining the diet of the patients, it wa s shown that women with cervical dysplasia associated with high oncoge nic risk of HPV infections consumed a smaller quantity of foods contai ning vitamin C, beta-carotene, and folacin. Our studies indicate a rel ationship between nutritional habits and the development of CIN associ ated with HPV infection.