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Table 1 Demographic and risk related characteristics among 205 HIV+/HIV- men attending an STI clinic in Puerto Rico

From: Oral HPV infection in a clinic-based sample of Hispanic men

Characteristic

Number of subjects

Frequency (%)

Demographics

  

Age at recruitment

  

Mean (SD) 38.5 (14.2)

  

 16-24

44

21.9

 25-34

41

20.4

 35-44

41

20.4

 45-54

46

22.9

 55+

29

14.4

Level of education

  

< High School

54

26.5

High School

79

38.7

> High School

71

34.8

Employed

  

 No

43

21.1

 Yes

110

53.9

Type of health insurance

  

 None

37

18.3

 Public

119

58.9

 Private

46

22.8

Behavioral

  

Lifetime smoking

  

 No

54

26.5

 Yes

150

73.5

Current smoker

  

 No

41

34.2

 Yes

79

65.8

Years smoking

  

Mean (SD) 23.9 (14.3)

  

Ever had an alcoholic beverage

 No

10

4.9

 Yes

194

95.1

Ever smoked marihuana

  

 No

77

37.7

 Yes

127

62.3

Ever smoked marihuana in the past 12 months

 No

69

55.2

 Yes

56

44.8

Sexual activity

  

MSM

  

 No

136

70.5

 Yes

57

29.5

MSM who had oral sex at least once in their lifetime

  

 No

5

8.8

 Yes

52

91.2

MSM who had oral sex at least once in the past 12 months

 No

3

8.3

 Yes

33

91.7

MSW

  

 No

30

15.8

 Yes

160

84.2

MSW who had oral sex at least once in their lifetime

 No

13

8.1

 Yes

147

91.9

MSW who had oral sex at least once in the past 12 months

 No

29

24.0

 Yes

92

76.0

Clinical

  

HIV Status

  

 No

101

49.3

 Yes

103

50.2

Years living with HIV

  

Mean (SD) 11.5 (8.4)

  

Any type of HPV

  

 No

164

80.0

 Yes

41

20.0

High risk HPV

 No

183

89.3

 Yes

22

10.7

Only high risk HPV

 No

188

91.7

 Yes

17

8.3

Low risk HPV

  

No

190

92.7

Yes

15

7.3

Only low risk HPV

  

No

195

95.1

Yes

10

4.9

Multiple HPV

  

No

194

94.6

Yes

11

5.4