[Cervix smear: study prevalence in city dwellers in the climacteric]

Prevalence of pap smear test has been investigated among a sample of urban women 45 to 54 years of age without hysterectomy (n = 3096). Prevalence of pap smear test for the last three years was 19% among women without gynaecological operation and 10% among women with a gynaecological operation (excepted hysterectomy). A multivariate analysis has shown that: 1. The lack of pap smear test was relatively high among nulliparous women as well as in multiparous women (greater than = 3 children). 2. This prevalence was high, on the one hand among overweight women and women with particular lifestyle (high alcohol and caffeine consumption, low calcium intake), on the other hand among women having adopted a good lifestyle (no use of birth control pills or hormonal therapy, no alcohol or caffeine consumption, diet without meat).