Logistic regression analysis for the methylation subset as a whole showed that infection with HPV-18 [P = 0.028], -52 [P = 0.007] or -58 [P <0.001] and promoter methylation of DAPK or CDH1 [P < 0.01] were predictive of HR-HPV infection at follow-up. This evidence concerns the gene CDH1 and infection.