Abstract:Objective To investigate the factors affecting the persistent infection of high-risk HPV, and to provide a reference for reducing the incidence of high-risk HPV infection and cervical cancer. Methods A total of 2 000 women aged from 35 to 64 years in a rural area of Dalian in 2015 were selected. There was no history of cervical cancer and cervical integrity. They could understand the research procedure and volunteer to participate in HPV testing, and completed the questionnaire survey. Follow-up was performed 2 years later and HPV screening was performed again. Results In 2015, among the 2, 000 respondents, there were 14 types of infections in HPV screening. The positive number was 191, and the positive rate was 9.55%. In 2017, the follow-up was 1432, and the HPV screening results were infectious. There are 15 species in total, and the number of positive cases is 141, and the positive rate is 10.54%. Among the 1 432 follow-up subjects, 141 were infected with high-risk HPV, and 51 of them were persistently infected with high-risk HPV, and the sustained infection rate was 36.17%. Multivariate logistic regression results showed that there were significant differences in the influencing factors between cervicitis [Ol ^ R=3.500 (95% CI: 1.067, 11.478)] and thyroid disease [Ol ^ R=2.721 (95% CI: 1.322, 5.603)]. Conclusions The influencing factors of cervicitis and thyroid disease are risk factors for persistent infection of high-risk HPV. Targeted prevention and control measures should be taken to reduce the incidence of persistent high-risk HPV infection.